Mastocarpus stiriatus (Turner) Kützing 1843
Current name:
Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa - 06 October 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Mastocarpus stiriatus (Turner) Kützing 1843: 398
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mastocarpus is Mastocarpus mammillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister.
Basionym
Fucus stiriatus Turner
Type Information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 294) Lectotype: BM; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 112) Notes: Collected by Thunberg.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024