Thamnoclonium tissotii Weber Bosse 1910

Publication Details
Thamnoclonium tissotii Weber Bosse 1910: 588, pl. XVI: figs 2, 3: pl. XVII

Published in: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1910). Sur deux nouveaux cas de symbiose entre algues et éponges. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg Supplement 3, part 2: 587-594, pls XVI, XVII.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Thamnoclonium is Thamnoclonium hirsutum Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spongophloea tissotii (Weber Bosse) Huisman, De Clerck, Prud'homme & Borowitzka.

Type Information
Syntype localities: Iles Kei (leg. Tissot van Patot); Thursday Island (leg. H. A. Lorentz); (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: L; 941.182-181 (barcode L 0535509) * (Huisman et al. 2011: 3, fig. 1 (central specimen)) Notes: * Several specimens are mounted on the sheet but the one in the top right corner is the specimen depicted in Weber-van Bosse (1910: pl. XVII, fig 1) as the 'probably typical form' and this is designated as the lectotype. Syntype localities: Given as 'Iles Kei' [Kai Islands, Indonesia] in the protologue, but possibly an error as the only specimens in L that are not from Thursday island are labelled as from 'Aro Eilanden' [Aru Archipelago] (some 160 km to the east of the Kai Islands), [A] Tissot van Patot (L 05355090; Thursday I. [Australia], 18 Nov. 1907, H.A. Lorentz (L 0535510).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 June 2013

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 June 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 May 2024

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