Amphiroa chara (Lamarck) Decaisne 1842

Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker

Current name: Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Amphiroa chara (Lamarck) Decaisne 1842: 359, pl. 17: fig 9

Published in: Decaisne, J. (1842). Essais sur une classification des algues et des polypiers calcifères de Lamouroux. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Seconde Série 17: 297-380, [pls 14-17].

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker.

Basionym
Corallina chara Lamarck

Type Information
Type locality: "Habite ... les mers de la Nouvelle-Hollande? Péron et Lesueur. Ma Collection."; (Lamarck 1815: 240) Holotype: Péron & Lessueur; PC; (Womersly & Johansen 1996: 323) Notes: Probably from Rottnest I. (or Shark Bay), Western Australia (Womersly & Johansen in Womersley 1996).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 November 2001 by Olivia Fitzgerald.

Last updated: 15 April 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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