Sphacelaria corymbosa Dickie 1876

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Dictyotophycidae
Order Sphacelariales
Family Sphacelariaceae
Genus Sphacelaria

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Publication details
Sphacelaria corymbosa Dickie 1876: 199

Published in: Dickie, G. (1876). Notes on algae found at Kerguelen Land by the Rev. A.E. Eaton. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 15: 198-204.
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Publication date: 11 July 1876

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria reticulata Lyngbye.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halopteris corymbosa (Dickie) Draisma, Prud'homme & H.Kawai

Type information
Type locality: Îles Kerguelen (Ricker 1987). Type: BM-K no H 306/67 92 KEW (Ricker 1987 Notes: Collector: Rev. A.E. Eaton (s.n.); Swains Bay, Kerguelen, 30.i.1875; holotype: BM (Draisma et al. 2010: 323).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), corymbose (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Nomenclatural notes
2 entries in INA: one cites p. 50; one cites p. 199. - (4 Nov 2010) - Wendy Guiry

General environment
This is a marine species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Source of current name
Draisma, S.G.A., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Kawai, H. (2010). A revised classification of the Sphacelariales (Phaeophyceae) inferred from a psbC and rbcL based phylogeny. European Journal of Phycology 45(3): 308-326.

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 04 August 2014 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 February 2021.