Dictyota adnata Zanardini

Publication details
Dictyota adnata Zanardini 1878: 34-35

Original publication: Zanardini, G. (1878). Phyceae papuanae novae vel minus cognitae a cl. O. Beccari in itinere ad Novam Guineam annis 1872-75 collectae. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 10: 34-40.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dictyota submaritima Tak.Tanaka & Pham-Hoàng Hô 1962
Dictyota adnata f. nana Zanardini 1967
Dictyota marginispora E.Coppejans 1989
Dictyota sibogae Weber-van Bosse 1997

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Neotype locality: Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia (De Clerck 2003: 161). Neotype: L microslide No. 835 (De Clerck 2003: 161). Notes: As the original type material from Pulau Faur (Bomberai Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia) collected by Beccari seems to be lost, De Clerck & Coppejans (1997a: 33) designated a neotype, a microslide bearing marginal sori of spores from the Herb. Weber-van Bosse.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Dictyota adnata Zanardini)
Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994, Tittley & Neto 1994).

South America: Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tanzania (Coppejans, Leliaert & De Clerck 2000).

Indian Ocean Islands: Aldabra Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Chagos Archipelago (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Maldives (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Seychelles (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Lewis 1985, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002).

Pacific Islands: American Samoa (Skelton et al. 2004), Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996).

(as Dictyota submaritima Tak.Tanaka & Pham-Hoàng Hô)
South-east Asia: Vietnam (Pham-Hoàng 1969).

Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the taxon Dictyota ceylanica Kützing var. rotundata Weber-van-Bosse may be a taxonomic synonym of this species

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

SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.

Created: 05 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 07 June 2005 by Wendy Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Coppejans, E. (1990). Dictyota adnata Zanardini (Phaeophyta, Dictotales), a remarkable mangrove inhabiting species in Kenya. Bull Jard Bot Nat Belg 60: 371-380, 15 figs, 1 table.
Coppejans, E. (1990). Dictyota adnata Zanardini (Phaeophyta, Dictyotales) a remarkable mangrove inhabiting species in Kenya. Bulletin Jardin Botanique National Belgique 60: 371-380.
Min-Thein, U. & Soe-Htun, U. (1982). Preliminary experiments on the effects of light quality and temperature on Dictyota adnata Zanardini. pp. 4.: Burma Research Congress.