Laurencia microcladia Kützing 1865

Current name: Laurencia microcladia Kützing
beached specimen in June, Italy (Thyrrhenian, Diamante); - 12 June 2024. Luigi Campagna (golfopolikayak@yahoo.com)

Publication Details
Laurencia microcladia Kützing 1865: 22, pl. 60: figs b, c

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1865). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XV pp. [i-iii], 1-36, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "Ex India occidentali" [West Indies]; (Kützing 1865: 22) Type: L?;

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 March 2022

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Distributional note
Laurencia microcladia is a misapplied name for Brazil (see Cassano et al. 2012: 71). - (14 March 2022) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
At lower eulittoral levels (Tittley et al. 2009). - (25 March 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025