Dicurella Harvey, 1847: pl. 50
Lectotype species: Dicurella fragilis (C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Currently accepted name for the type species: Trematocarpus fragilis (C.Agardh) De Toni
Original publication:Harvey, W.H. (1847). 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 regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. Part 1. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.
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Type designated inKylin, H. (1932). Die Florideenordung Gigartinales. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 28(8): 1-88, 22 figs, 28 plates.
Taxonomic status: currently regarded as a synonym of Trematocarpus.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 6 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Dicurella affinis J.Agardh S
Dicurella concinna (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh S
Dicurella elatior Harvey C
Dicurella flabellata (J.Agardh) J.Agardh S
Dicurella fragilis (C.Agardh) J.Agardh S - type
Dicurella scutellata (Hering) Papenfuss S
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.
