Dictyota acutiloba var. distorta J.Agardh 1848
Publication Details
Dictyota acutiloba var. distorta J.Agardh 1848: 92
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyota acutiloba J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables.
Type Information
Type locality: [Woahoo Insularum Sandwicensium] Oahu, Hawaiian Archipelago; (De Clerck 2003: 161) Type: LD?; (De Clerck 2003: 161)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 April 2005 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 September 2012
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Taxonomic note
According to De Clerck (2003), this a variety of uncertain status characterised by several marginal proliferations. Accepted name =? Dictyota acutiloba J. Agardh. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025
