Gracilaria dactyloides Sonder 1845
Current name:
Hymenocladia dactyloides (Sonder) J.Agardh
Cape Peron, Western Australia; epiphytic on Amphibolis antarctica, with Amphibolis griffithii
in background - 22 February 2019. John Huisman
Publication Details
Gracilaria dactyloides Sonder 1845: 55
Published in: Sonder, G. (1845). Nova algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Priess, Ph. Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3(4): 49-57.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hymenocladia dactyloides (Sonder) J.Agardh.
Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 366) Holotype: Preiss; MEL; 698388 (Womersley 1996: 115)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 March 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
