Curdiea kuetzingiana J.Agardh 1896

Publication Details
Curdiea kuetzingiana J.Agardh 1896: 95

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Curdiea is Curdiea laciniata Harvey.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Curdiea angustata (Sonder) A.J.K.Millar.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1996). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIB - Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. pp. [1]-392, 160 figs. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study with assistance from the State Herbarium of South Australia.

Type Information
Holotype locality: Encounter Bay, South Australia; (Womersley 1996: 40) Holotype: Hussey; Herb. Agardh, LD; 28587 (Womersley 1996: 40)

Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), Named for Friedrich Traugott Kützing (1807-1893), German Phycologist

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 February 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 February 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025