Plocamium angustum (J.Agardh) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847

Plocamium angustum (J.Agardh) Hooker f. & Harvey

Current name: Plocamium angustum (J.Agardh) Hooker f. & Harvey
Dog Point, Port Arthur, Tasmania; depth: 14 m; det. C. Sanderson - 15 December 2008. Francis Bunker (fbunker@marineseen.com)

Publication Details
Plocamium angustum (J.Agardh) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 404

Published in: Hooker, J.D. & Harvey, W.H. (1847). Algae tasmanicae: being a catalogue of the species of algae collected on the shores of Tasmania by Ronald Gunn, Esq., Dr. Heannerett, Mrs. Smith, Dr. Lyall and Dr. J.D. Hooker; with characters of the new species. London Journal of Botany 6: 397-417.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Plocamium is Plocamium vulgare J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Basionym
Thamnophora angusta J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras Novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 339) Lectotype: LD, Herb. Agardh; 28026 (Womersley 1994: 378)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), narrow (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Common on coasts of rough to moderate wave action and known from shaded pools near low water level to 50 m (Womersley 1994: 378).

Created: 20 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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