Ptilophora prolifera (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Ptilophora prolifera (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 555

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ptilophora is Ptilophora spissa (Suhr) Kützing.

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

Basionym
Gelidium proliferum Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia; (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 126) Holotype: Harvey; TCD; Trav. Set No. 244 (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 126) Notes: Also distributed as Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 336.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 December 1997 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 19 May 2025

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