Mychodea gracilaria (Sonder) Sonder 1880
Publication Details
Mychodea gracilaria (Sonder) Sonder 1880: 27
Published in: Sonder, O.G. (1880). Supplementum ad volumen undecimum Fragmentorum phytographiae Australiae, indices plantarum acotyledonarum complectens. I. - Algae australianae hactenus cognitae. In: Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. (Mueller, F. von Eds), pp. 1-42. Melbourne: Auctoriatate Guberni Coloniae Victoriae. Ex officina Joannis Ferres.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mychodea is Mychodea carnosa Hooker f. & Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Acanthococcus gracilaria Sonder
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad litus peninsulae Lefebre, Decbr." [Lefevre Peninsula, South Australia]; (Sonder 1853: 683) Lectotype: F. Mueller sine numero; 16 December 1847; MEL; 1007309 (Womersley 1994: 454) Notes: Womersley (1994: 454) notes that there are isolectotypes in MEL.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
See note for M. gracilaria (Sonder) Kraft.
Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 February 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Combination also introduced by Kraft (1978: 528, figs 5, 6, 32). - (20 February 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
