Pycnophycus brassiciformis Kützing 1860

Brassicophycus sisymbrioides (Kützing) Molinari & Guiry

Current name: Brassicophycus sisymbrioides (Kützing) Molinari & Guiry
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock - 20 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Pycnophycus brassiciformis Kützing 1860: 9, pl. 23: fig. I a, b (as 'brassicaeformis')

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1860). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. X pp. i-iv, 1-39, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pycnophycus is Pycnophycus tuberculatus (Stackhouse) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Brassicophycus sisymbrioides (Kützing) Molinari & Guiry.

Type Information
Type locality: "Caput bonae spei: Wenck" [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Kützing 1860: 9)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 April 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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