Spyridia breviarticulata J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Spyridia breviarticulata J.Agardh 1876: 268
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spyridia is Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1958). Marine algae from Arnhem Land, North Australia. Records of the Amercian-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 3: 139-161.
Type Information
Type locality: Whitsunday Island, Queensland; (Womersley 1958: 157) Type: LD; (Womersley 1958: 157)
Created: 03 September 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 January 2009
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Taxonomic note
After an examination of the type, Womersley (1958: 157) concluded that this entity should be included in Spyridia filamentosa. However, a ressessment of Spryridia in Australia is needed. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
