Polyopes constrictus (Turner) J.Agardh 1851

Publication Details
Polyopes constrictus (Turner) J.Agardh 1851: 239

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Polyopes.

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

Basionym
Fucus constrictus Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, near New Holland. Mr. Brown" [Kent Group of Islands, Bass Strait, Australia]; (Turner 1809-1811: 40) Lectotype: Robert Brown; BM; (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 176)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), constricted.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Moderately common from shallow but often shaded situations to 20 m deep (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 176).

Created: 31 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 January 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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