Monostroma nitidum Wittrock 1866
Current name:
Monostroma nitidum Wittrock
1. Surface view of cells. 2, 3. Monostroma growing on fossil coral reef in the upper intertidal zone exposed to air at low tide (Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan). - 09 March 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Monostroma nitidum Wittrock 1866: 41, pl. 2: fig. 7
Published in: Wittrock, V.B. (1866). Försök till en Monographie öfver Algslägtet Monostroma. pp. 1-66, IV plates, folded scheme [= 14 figs]. Stockholm: Akademisk Afhandling.
Request PDFPublication date: 23 May 1866
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Monostroma is Monostroma bullosum (Roth) Thuret.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Friendly Islands, Australia; China; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: S?; Notes: "Australien, China". South & Skelton (2003) cite Tonga and China as syntype localities.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shining.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 March 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 May 2024
