Dicurella flabellata (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852

Publication Details
Dicurella flabellata (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852: 632

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dicurella is Dicurella fragilis (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Trematocarpus flabellatus (J.Agardh) De Toni.

Basionym
Phyllotylus flabellatus J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Sea Point, Cape Town); (Silva & al. 1996: 321) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Simons (1983: 807, fig. 11).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flabellate, fan-shaped (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 August 2006

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 August 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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