Gloiosaccion digitatum Harvey 1863
Current name: Chrysymenia ornata (J.Agardh) Kylin
Publication Details
Gloiosaccion digitatum Harvey 1863: pl. CCLIX [259]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gloiosaccion is Gloiosaccion brownii Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chrysymenia ornata (J.Agardh) Kylin.
Type Information
Type locality: Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 356)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), digitate, with leaflets radiating from tip of leaf-stalk (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
