Perithalia caudata (Labillardière) Womersley 1967

Current name: Perithalia caudata (Labillardière) Womersley
Flinders Island, TasmaniaG.J. Edgar

Publication Details
Perithalia caudata (Labillardière) Womersley 1967: 239

Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1967). A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 15: 189-270, 6 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Perithalia is Perithalia inermis (R.Bown ex Turner) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus caudatus Labillardière

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat ad capitis Van-Diemen littora" [ Cape Maria van Diemen, Tasmania]; (Labillardière 1807: 115) Holotype: FI; (Womersley 1987: 286)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), caudate, i.e., ending with a tail-like appendage (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025