Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva 1957

Current name: Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva
Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r

Publication Details
Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva 1957: 143

Published in: Silva, P.C. (1957). Remarks on algal nomenclature. Taxon 6: 141-145.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Callophycus.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Rhodomela dorsifera C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 328) Holotype: PC, Herb. Agardh, LD (part); 25552 (Womersley 1994: 335) Notes: Part in Herb. Agardh, LD, 25552.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 December 2023

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Nomenclatural note
According to INA, "dorsifera" when transferred to a masculine genus can become either "dorsiferus" or "dorsifer"; Silva used "dorsiferus" and established precedence. However, Dumilag, Nelson & Kraft (2019: 271) insist that "dorsiferus" is a "mistaken orthographic variant". It is genrally accepted that is it a matter of choice when used as an epithet. - (16 January 2020) - M.D. Guiry

Distributional note
Fijian records of Callophycus are currently under investigation (South & Skelton, 2003). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry