Callophycus serratus (Harvey ex Kützing) P.C.Silva
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Class Rhodophyta incertae sedis
Order Rhodophyta incertae sedis
Family Rhodophyta incertae sedis
Genus Callophycus
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Hideaway Island, Vanuatu. -16m on a vertical reef wall. 20 Jun 2005. Kyatt Dixon (kyattdixon@gmail.com). © Kyatt Dixon (kyattdixon@gmail.com).
Houtman Abrolhos, Western australia. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au). From: Huisman, J.M. (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia..
Publication details
Callophycus serratus (Harvey ex Kützing) P.C.Silva 1957: 143
Original publication: Silva, P.C. (1957). Remarks on algal nomenclature. Taxon 6: 141-145.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Callophycus is Callophycus dorsifer (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Thysanocladia serrata Harvey ex Kützing
Type information
Type locality: Tonga (South & Skelton 2003: 730).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), serrated, saw-edged with teeth pointing forwards (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Thysanocladia serrata Harvey ex Kützing 1869
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Thysanocladia serrata Harvey ex Kützing)
South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987).
(as Callophycus serratus (Harvey ex Kützing) P.C.Silva)
Africa: Kenya (Coppejans, Leliaert & De Clerck 2000, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Tanzania (Coppejans, Leliaert & De Clerck 2000).
South-east Asia: Philippines (Kraft et al. 1999).
Australia and New Zealand: Houtman Abrolhos (Huisman 1997), Queensland (Huisman 2000), Western Australia (Huisman 2000).
Pacific Islands: Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996, South & Skelton 2003, Littler & Littler 2003), Solomon Islands (Womersley & Bailey 1970).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Callophycus&species=serratus
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=Callophycus&Species=serratus
Created: 05 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 22 June 2007 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 20 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:73184
