Dicranema revolutum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852

Publication Details
Dicranema revolutum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852: 634

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dicranema is Dicranema grevillei Sonder.

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

Basionym
Sphaerococcus revolutus C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Bay de Chien Marin (Freycinet Harbour, Shark Bay), Western Australia; (Kraft 1977: 223) Holotype: Gaudichaud; Herb. Agardh, LD; 29977 (Kraft 1977: 223)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
An obligate epiphyte on Amphibolis (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 324). Restricted to the stems o f the seagrass Amphibolis and ranges from the lowest tide levels down to at least 12m (Kraft 1977: 223).

Created: 16 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024

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