Mychodea acicularis (J.Agardh) Kraft 1978
Publication Details
Mychodea acicularis (J.Agardh) Kraft 1978: 555, figs 18, 19, 40 (as 'aciculare')
Published in: Kraft, G.T. (1978). Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: 515-610, 46 figs.
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
Cystoclonium aciculare J.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad occidentales Novae Hollandiae oras." [New Holland: Australia]; (Agardh 1849: 87) Lectotype: LD; herb. alg. Agardh 33993 (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 462) Notes: "Type: Ad litus mari inundatum penins. Levevre, Dec. 16 1847, F. Mueller s.n. (lecto, here designated: MEL0044483; isolecto:
MEL5163780–82)." (Kraft & Saunder 2017: 241); however, Kraft & Womersley (1994: 462) had already designated LD 33993 as lectotype and this cannot be superseded.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), acicular, i.e., narrow, stiff, pointed like a needle (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
From just subtidal to 24 m deep, in moderately sheltered localities; grows on rocks, wooden pilings, and more rarely as an epiphyte or epizoic (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 464). Infested with partly endophytic hydrozoan Plumaria flexuosa.
Created: 06 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
