Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Plocamiales
Family Plocamiaceae
Genus Plocamium
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Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa; on rocks at low water; with tip damage. 07 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa; on rocks at low water; with tip damage
Publication details
Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey 1849: (1847-1849): 123
Original publication: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. Part 2. pp. 65-124, pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Plocamium is Plocamium vulgare J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus cornutus Turner
Type information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Turner 1811-1819: 152). Type: Mr Burchell; BM?
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), horned.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus cornutus Turner 1819
Thamnophora cornuta (Turner) Greville 1830
Thamnocarpus cornutus (Turner) Kützing 1843
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sphaerococcus cornutus (Turner) C.Agardh 1822
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey)
South America: Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991).
Africa: Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mauritius (Børgesen 1943, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Namibia (Rull Lluch 2002, John et al. 2004), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).
Indian Ocean Islands: Réunion (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-east Asia: Indonesia (Atmadja & Prud'homme van Reine 2012).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Plocamium&species=cornutum
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Plocamium&Species=cornutum
Created: 20 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 30 October 2006 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:74893
