Hincksia indica (Sonder) J.Tanaka 1990

Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey

Current name: Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey
Hawaii; plurilocular sporangia; scale 20 µm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Hincksia indica (Sonder) J.Tanaka 1990: 24, figs 6, 7

Published in: Tanaka, J. (1990). Brown algae from the Amami Islands. Mem. Natn. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 23: 23-32.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hincksia is Hincksia ramulosa J.E.Gray.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey.

Basionym
Ectocarpus indicus Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Pulo Kambing, Bima Bay, Sumbawa (Bima Island), Indonesia; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 40) Type: Zollinger No. 3428; MEL; 26389 (Womersley & Bailey 1970: 288) Notes: On calcareous rocks (Lipkin & Silva 2002). According to Womersley & Bailey (1970: 288): "The type in MEL (26389) consists of two paper-mounted specimens and one (plus fragments) mica mount, together with Sonder's sketches, and labelled 'Planta a cl. Zollingero lecta. no. 3428, Bima, Ins. Sumbawa." The specimens are all of one taxon and not a mixture as Setchell (1924, p. 170) suspected."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to India (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 August 2011

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