Iridophycus dichotomus (Hooker f. & Harvey) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1936

Publication Details
Iridophycus dichotomus (Hooker f. & Harvey) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1936: 471

Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1936). Iridophycus gen. nov. and its representation in South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 22: 469-473.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Iridophycus is Iridaea capensis J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarcothalia dichotoma (Hooker f.) Leister.

Basionym
Iridaea dichotoma Hooker f. & Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Falkland Islands; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: BM; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 113)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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