Sporochnus moorei Harvey 1858

Current name: Sporochnus moorei Harvey

Publication Details
Sporochnus moorei Harvey 1858: pl. XIX

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1858). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 1. pp. [i]-xi, v-viii [Index], pls I-LX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sporochnus is Sporochnus pedunculatus (Hudson) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Paramatta R. estuary" (Port Jackson), N.S.W.; (Womersley 1987: 282) Type: Herb. Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 1987: 282) Notes: Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 51. Womersley (1987) also notes that there are isotypes in MEL (15920) and NSW (A2092, A2094).

Eponomy
Named for Charles Moore (1820-1905), brother of David Moore of Dublin, who dredged the original material in the Paramatta River In Sydney.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 October 2012

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 October 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 June 2025