Nemastoma comosum Harvey 1859
Current name: Tsengia comosa (Harvey) Womersley & Kraft
Publication Details
Nemastoma comosum Harvey 1859: 2, pl. CIX (as 'comosa')
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nemastoma is Nemastoma dichotomum J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tsengia comosa (Harvey) Womersley & Kraft.
Type Information
Type locality: Phillip Island, Western Port, Victoria; (Womersley & Kraft 1994: 278) Lectotype: Harvey; TCD, Herb. Harvey; (Womersley & Kraft 1994: 278)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), furnished with tufts of leaves or hairs.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 01 July 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025
