Kuetzingia pectinella (Harvey) Falkenberg 1901

Current name: Kentrophora pectinella (Harvey) S.M.Wilson & Kraft
Lord Howe Island, Australia - 21 November 2010. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Kuetzingia pectinella (Harvey) Falkenberg 1901: 454

Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kuetzingia is Kuetzingia canaliculata (Greville) Sonder.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kentrophora pectinella (Harvey) S.M.Wilson & Kraft.

Source of Synonymy
Henderson, R.J.F., Wilson, S.M. & Kraft, G.T. (2001). Kentrophora S.M. Wilson & Kraft, a new name for an algal genus in tribe Amansieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyceae). Austrobaileya 6: 175-176.

Basionym
Dictyomenia pectinella Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Garden Island, Western Australia; (Harvey 1855: 538) Holotype: W.H.Harvey; TCD; Harvey Travelling Set No. 290 (Huisman 2018: 519) Notes: Type illustrated by S.M.Wilson & G.T.Kraft (2000: fig. 17).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 October 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2025