Batrachospermum diatyches Entwisle 1992
Publication Details
Batrachospermum diatyches Entwisle 1992: 426, fig 1 a-f; fig. 2 a, b
Published in: Entwisle, T.J. (1992). The setaceous species of Batrachospermum (Rhodophyta): a re-evaluation of B. atrum (Hudson) Harvey and B. puiggarianum Grunow including the description of B. diatyches sp. nov. from Tasmania, Australia. Muelleria 7: 425-445.
Publication date: 1992
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Conferva gelatinosa Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nothocladus diatyches (Entwisle) Entwisle & M.L.Vis.
Source of Synonymy
Entwisle, T.J., Johnston, E.T., Lam, D.W., Stewart, S.A. & Vis, M.L. (2016). Nocturama gen. nov., Nothocladus s. lat. and other taxonomic novelties resulting from the further resolution of paraphyly in Australasian members of Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 52(3): 384-396.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Lake Meston, north-central Tasmania [Australia]; (Sheath, Vis & Cole 1993: 720) Holotype: P.A. Tyler; 10.iii.1988; littoral zone; MEL ; 1587821A (Sheath, Vis & Cole 1993: 720)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025
