Dilophus stolonifera (Dawson) Schnetter & Bula-Meyer 1982

Current name: Dictyota stolonifera E.Y. Dawson
Panama. Transverse section of blade with two large spherical sporangia formed from cortical cells.Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication Details
Dilophus stolonifera (Dawson) Schnetter & Bula-Meyer 1982: 62-63

Published in: Schnetter, R. & Bula Meyer, G. (1982). Marine Algen der Pazifikküste von Kolombien. Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Rhodophyceae. Bibliotheca Phycologica 60: [i]-xvii, [1]-287, 1 fig., 37 pls.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dilophus is Dilophus gunnianus J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyota stolonifera E.Y. Dawson.

Source of Synonymy
De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables.

Basionym
Dictyota stolonifera E.Y. Dawson

Type Information
Type locality: Masachapa, Nicaragua, Pacific Ocean.; (Coppejans, Leliaert & De Clerck 2000: 59) Holotype: Robert Rasmussen ; 12/22/61; Herb. Alan Hancock Foundation, LAM; E.Y. Dawson 22767 (Dawson 1962: 392) Notes: Lava reef at Masachapa, Nicaragua (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 May 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 December 2006

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 December 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 June 2025