Dichotomaria marginata (J.Ellis & Solander) Lamarck 1816
Current name:
Dichotomaria marginata (J.Ellis & Solander) Lamarck
Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Dichotomaria marginata (J.Ellis & Solander) Lamarck 1816: 146
Published in: Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Vol. 2 pp. 1-568. Paris: Verdière.
Request PDFPublication date: March 1816
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Dichotomaria.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Corallina marginata J.Ellis & Solander
Type Information
Type locality: Bahamas; (Silva & al. 1996: 107) Notes: Huisman & Womersley (1994: 115) notes that the type is lost; lectotypified by Ellis & Solander, 1786, pl. 22, fig. 6 (see Papenfuss et al., 1982: 411).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), margined (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Found in tropical regions of Australia; also apparently widespread in warmer seas; always epilithic, occasionally with its base covered in sand, ranging from the intertidal to a depth of 45 m; usually in areas of moderate to high water movement (Huisman & Kurihara 2006: 19).
Created: 03 September 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
