Dictyomenia angusta J.Agardh 1897
Publication Details
Dictyomenia angusta J.Agardh 1897: 60 (as 'Dictymenia')
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1897). Analecta algologica. Continuatio IV. Lunds Universitets ÅrsSkrift, Andra Afdelningen, Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar 33(9): 1-106, 2 plates.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dictyomenia is Dictyomenia tridens (Mertens ex Turner) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Australia: Geographe Bay, Western Australia and Encounter Bay, South Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 488) Lectotype: Hussey; LD, Herb. Agardh; 42315 (Womersley 2003: 347) Notes: Womersley (2003: 347) gives the following data: Type from “occidentales, tum australes Novae Hollandiae”; lectotype from Port Elliot, S. Aust. (Hussey); in Herb. Agardh, LD, 42315.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), narrow (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 August 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
