Delisea elegans J.V.Lamouroux 1819
Current name:
Delisea elegans J.V.Lamouroux
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 r
Publication Details
Delisea elegans J.V.Lamouroux 1819: 42 (as 'Delisea elegans Lmx. Inéd.')
Published in: Léman, D.S. (1819). Delisea. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 13: 41-42.
Original description: 
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Delisea.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Nouvelle-Hollande" [probably from southeast Tasmania]; (Léman 1819: 42) Lectotype [designated by whom?]: CN; Herb. Lamouroux (Womersley 1996: 340) Notes: Womersley 1996: 340 notes: Type from "Nouvelle-Hollande"; lectotype(?) in Herb. Lamouroux, CN. (Probably from SE Tasmania).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2023
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
