Rhodomela serrulata (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh 1824

Current name: Myriodesma serrulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Endlicher
Cape Bouvard, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Rhodomela serrulata (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh 1824: 197

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

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Publication date: probably September 1824

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodomela is Rhodomela subfusca (Woodward) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Myriodesma serrulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Endlicher.

Source of Synonymy
Endlicher, S.L. (1843). Mantissa botanica altera. Sistens genera plantarum supplementum tertium. pp. [vi], 111. Vienna: Fridericum Beck, Universitatis Bibliopola.

Basionym
Dictyopteris serrulata J.V.Lamouroux

Type Information
Type locality: ‘Nouv. Holl.’; (Silva & al. 1996: 653) Type: Herb. Lamouroux, CN; (Womersley 1987: 412)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), somewhat saw-toothed.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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Taxonomic note
Womersley (2003: 399) cites Rhodomela serrulata C. Agardh 1824: 197 (in part) as a synonym of Vidalia spiralis (Lamouroux) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh. - (12 February 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025