Euthora marginifera Areschoug 1854
Current name:
Mychodea marginifera (J.E.Areschoug) Kraft
Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale 3 mmJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Euthora marginifera Areschoug 1854: 354
Published in: Areschoug, J.E. (1854). Phyceae novae et minus cognitae in maribus extraeuropaeis collectae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, series 3 1: 329-372.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Euthora is Euthora cristata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mychodea marginifera (J.E.Areschoug) Kraft.
Source of Synonymy
Kraft, G.T. (1978). Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: 515-610, 46 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oram Novae Hollandiae meridionalem in sinu Port Phillip" [Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia]; (Areschoug 1854: 247) Lectotype: F. Mueller sine numero; S; A28591 (Kraft 1978: 55) Notes: Isolectotype: S-A28593
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 June 2025
