Mychodea compressa Harvey 1862

Publication Details
Mychodea compressa Harvey 1862: pl. CCI [201]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1862). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 4. pp. viii, Plates CLXXXI-CCXL. London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mychodea is Mychodea carnosa Hooker f. & Harvey.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mychodea disticha Harvey.

Type Information
Type locality: Phillip Island, Western Port, Victoria; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Harvey; Sonder herb.; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 December 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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