Lophocladia kuetzingii (Kuntze) P.C.Silva 1996

Current name: Lophocladia kuetzingii (Kuntze) P.C.Silva
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Lophocladia kuetzingii (Kuntze) P.C.Silva 1996: 524

Published in: Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lophocladia is Lophocladia trichoclados (C.Agardh) F.Schmitz.

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

Basionym
Baillouviana keutzingii Kuntze

Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Womersley 2003: 250) Type: Harvey; MEL, Herb. Sonder; 608855 (Womersley 2003: 250)

Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), Named for Friedrich Traugott Kützing (1807-1893), German Phycologist

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Appears to be confined to sheltered waters on the Australian coast (Womersley 2003: 250).

Created: 26 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 December 2023

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Distributional note
New for the Eastern African coast. this record is a major range extension of this species. Womersley (2003: 250) notes that this species is found in warmer western and eastern coasts of Australia. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025