Sphaerococcus radula var. stiriatus (Turner) Rudolphi 1831
Current name:
Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister
Olifantsbos, Cape Peninsula, South Africa - 18 November 2009. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Sphaerococcus radula var. stiriatus (Turner) Rudolphi 1831: 175
Published in: Rudolphi, F. (1831). Plantae Ecklonianae. Algae. Linnaea 6: 171-181.
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 Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister.
Basionym
Fucus stiriatus Turner
Type Information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 294) Lectotype: BM; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 112) Notes: Collected by Thunberg.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 August 2010
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 August 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024