Amphiroa exilis Harvey 1849
Publication Details
Amphiroa exilis Harvey 1849: 95
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.
Request PDFPublication date: "before November 1849"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Rio, Mr Darwin, 595, 629. Algoa Bay, Herb. Bowerbank." [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa]; (Harvey 1849: 95) Notes: A syntype collected at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the voyage of HMS Beagle is in MEL (no. 594504, numbered 629 [as specified by Harvey] by C. Darwin), and is depicted in [A.S] Harvey et al. (2013) as figs 11-13. Collector: Darwin 595, 629 (INA). MEL-594504 (Darwin 629) and TCD (Darwin 595) collected early April 1832 at Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro; Charles Darwin 3686, collected June 1836 at Cape of Good Hope; unnumbered specimen collected (date unknown) by C. Darwin at Algoa Bay, South Africa (Tâmega et al 2021: 288, 2890).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), thin, slender, meagre, poor (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 September 2021
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Taxonomic note
Harvey et al. (2009: 269) reject synonymy with Amphiroa beauvosii. - (29 April 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025
