Laurencia elata (C.Agardh) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847
Current name:
Corynecladia elata (C.Agardh) Cassano, M.C.Oliveira & M.T.Fujii
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Laurencia elata (C.Agardh) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 401
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.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Corynecladia elata (C.Agardh) Cassano, M.C.Oliveira & M.T.Fujii.
Basionym
Chondria pinnatifida var. elata C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad insulam King prope Novara Hollandiam" [King Island, Bass Strait, Australia]; (Agardh 1822: 340) Holotype [""Fucus m. m." Musaei Parisiensis."]: LD; Herb. Alg. Agardh 37235 (Womersley 2003: 477) Notes: Isotype in PC (Womersley, 2003: 477).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tall.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Occurring from just below low tide level to 25 m deep (Womersley 2003: 477).
Created: 21 August 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