Sphacelaria spuria Sauvageau 1900
Publication Details
Sphacelaria spuria Sauvageau 1900: 318, 321, fig. 13
Published in: Sauvageau, C. (1900). Remarques sur les Sphacélariacées. Journal de Botanique [Morot] 14: 313-322.
Publication date: November 1900
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Herpodiscus spurius (Sauvageau) Draisma, Prud'homme & H.Kawai.
Source of Synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Kawai, H. (2010). A revised classification of the Sphacelariales (Phaeophyceae) inferred from a psbC and rbcL based phylogeny. European Journal of Phycology 45(3): 308-326.
Type Information
Type locality: Brighton, Port Phillip, Victoria; (Womersley 1987: 151) Holotype: Harvey; on Cystophora botryocystis; Herb. Thuret, PC; (Womersley 1987: 151) Notes: Womersley (1987) notes that there is a fragment in ADU (A18448).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), false.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 03 November 2010
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
