Scytothalia axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Seirococcus axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville
Harvey 1858 Phycologia australica Vol. I: pl. III - 06 December 2021. Out of copyright; free for use
Publication Details
Scytothalia axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing 1849: 593
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scytothalia is Scytothalia dorycarpa (Turner) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Seirococcus axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville.
Basionym
Fucus axillaris R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "At Port Dalrymple, in New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 28) Holotype: BM; (Womersley 1987: 348)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), borne in the axils.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 August 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
