Rhodomela comosa Hooker f. & Harvey 1845
Current name:
Lophurella comosa (Hooker f. & Harvey) Falkenberg
Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r
Publication Details
Rhodomela comosa Hooker f. & Harvey 1845: 263
Published in: Hooker, J.D. & Harvey, W.H. (1845). Algae antarcticae, being characters and descriptions of the hitherto unpublished species of algae, discovered in Lord Auckland's Group, Campbell's Island, Kerguelen's Land, Falkland Islands, Cape Horn and other southern circumpolar regions, during the voyage of H.M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror". London Journal of Botany 4: 249-276, 293-298.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodomela is Rhodomela subfusca (Woodward) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lophurella comosa (Hooker f. & Harvey) Falkenberg.
Type Information
Type locality: Falkland Isl.; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), furnished with tufts of leaves or hairs.
Created: 16 November 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
