Nemacystus decipiens (Suringar) Kuckuck 1929

Publication Details
Nemacystus decipiens (Suringar) Kuckuck 1929: 68, figs 92, 93

Published in: Kuckuck, P. (1929). Fragmente einer Monographie der Phaeosporeen. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 17(4): 1-93, 155 figs.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nemacystus is Nemacystus ramulosus Derbès & Solier.

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

Basionym
Mesogloia decipiens Suringar

Type Information
Syntype localities: various in Japan; (Silva & al. 1996: 623)

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), deceiving (used of a species closely resembling another) (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Myriocladia capensis has been misapplied to this species by Jadin (1935: 159). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 July 2025