Hypnea fastigiata Harvey 1863
Publication Details
Hypnea fastigiata Harvey 1863: synop., p. xxxvi
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hypnea is Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mychodea pusilla (Harvey) J.Agardh.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Port Philip Heads W.H.H. Western Port, Dr Mueller; (Harvey 1863: xxxvi) Lectotype: W.H. Harvey sine numero; TCD; 0011974 (Harvey Travelling Set No. 80) (Kraft & Saunders 2017: fig. 33 D) Notes: Alg. aust. exsicc. 343.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit (occasionally meaning branched reaching to the same height) (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
