Cladophora lyallii Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Cladophora lyallii Harvey 1855: 262, pl. 121

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Wittrockiella lyallii (Harvey) C.Hoek, Ducker & Womersley.

Type Information
Type locality: Stewart Island, New Zealand; (Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984: 45) Type: TCD; (Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984: 45) Notes: Hoek et al. (1984: 45) note that the type of this species which is preserved at Trinity College, Dublin, is labelled with the following annotations in Harvey's handwriting: 'South Island, New Zealand. Cladophora lyallii n. sp.' and 'Nov.Zel.D. Lyall Cladophora lyallii' (the 'South Island' of Harvey is now Stewart I.). According to Boedeker et al. (2010: 530), D. Lyall collected the type and there are isolectotypes in BM.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 December 2010

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 December 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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