Dasya sarcocaulon Harvey 1863
Current name: Micropeuce sarcocaulon (Harvey) Kylin ex P.C.Silva
Publication Details
Dasya sarcocaulon Harvey 1863: xxiii, pl. CCLXXVIII
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dasya is Dasya pedicellata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Micropeuce sarcocaulon (Harvey) Kylin ex P.C.Silva.
Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 528) Lectotype: Clifton ; August 1858; Herb. Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 2003: 259)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Greek).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2010
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Taxonomic note
Womersley (1998: 259) notes that "The lectotype in Herb. Harvey, may be only a form of M. feredayae, but appears to be a softer, more mucilaginous, plant. M. sarcocaulon has been recorded from other parts of southern Australia, and such specimens are here regarded as forms of M. feredayae. Fresh collections from the Fremantle region are needed to clarify the status of M. sarcocaulon." - (19 January 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025
