Sphaerococcus aculeatus Zanardini ex Frauenfeld, nom. illeg. 1855

Publication Details
Sphaerococcus aculeatus Zanardini ex Frauenfeld, nom. illeg. 1855: 54, no fig.

Published in: Frauenfeld, G. (1855). Die Algen der dalmatischen Küste: mit Hinzufügung der von Kützing im adriatischen überhaupt ausgefürten Arten. pp. [i]-xviii, 1-78, 26 pls. Wien [Vienna]: Druck und Verlag der Kaiserl. Königl. Hof. und Staatsdrukerel.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloioderma australe J.Agardh.

Basionym
Gloioderma tasmanicum Zanardini

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. Georgetowntown, Tasmaniae - (Miss Goodwin.)" [Hobart, Tasmania, Australia]; (Zanardini 1874: 502) Type: MCVE; (Womersley 1996: 100)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), prickly, spine-like (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 February 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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