Dasya elongata Sonder 1845

Current name: Dasya elongata Sonder
TanzaniaKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)

Publication Details
Dasya elongata Sonder 1845: 53

Published in: Sonder, G. (1845). Nova algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Priess, Ph. Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3(4): 49-57.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dasya is Dasya pedicellata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae” [Western Australia], J.A.L.Preiss; holo: MEL 1005920; ; (Sonder 1845: 53) Holotype: J.A.L.Preiss; between Dec. 1838 and Jan. 1842; MELU; 1005920 (Huisman 2018: 429) Notes: Slides from Holotype in AD-A 56309. Huisman (2018: 429): "Preiss collected in the south-west of Western Australia from Dec. 1838 to Jan. 1842."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), elongated (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 December 2023

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Distributional note
"This species was recorded, with no comment, by Giaccone (1968b: 225) from Greece. We agree with Athanasiadis (1987: 87) that it could be a misidentification of different taxon." Cormaci & al. 2023: 518). - (08 December 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2025