Tenarea tortuosa var. cystoseirae (Hauck) Unknown authority
Publication Details
Tenarea tortuosa var. cystoseirae (Hauck) Unknown authority
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tenarea is Tenarea tortuosa (Esper) Me.Lemoine.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lithophyllum cystoseirae (Hauck) Heydrich.
Basionym
Melobesia cystoseirae Hauck
Type Information
Type locality: "im Adriatischen Meere" [probably Trieste as there are Hauck specimens in TRH]; (Hauck 1883: 266) Holotype: on Cystoseira and Peyssonnelia.; L; 943.10-32 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 144)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bent or twisted in different directions, involved, complicated (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 September 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 March 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 March 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024
