Thysanocladia dorsifera (C.Agardh) Harvey 1849

Current name: Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva
Canal Rocks, Western Australia - 08 May 2019. G.J.Edgar

Publication Details
Thysanocladia dorsifera (C.Agardh) Harvey 1849: 90, pl. 35: figs. 1-8

Published in: Hooker, J.D. & Harvey, W.H. (1845). Algae antarcticae, being characters and descriptions of the hitherto unpublished species of algae, discovered in Lord Auckland's Group, Campbell's Island, Kerguelen's Land, Falkland Islands, Cape Horn and other southern circumpolar regions, during the voyage of H.M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror". London Journal of Botany 4: 249-276, 293-298.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Thysanocladia.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1957). Remarks on algal nomenclature. Taxon 6: 141-145.

Basionym
Rhodomela dorsifera C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 328) Holotype: PC, Herb. Agardh, LD (part); 25552 (Womersley 1994: 335) Notes: Part in Herb. Agardh, LD, 25552.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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Nomenclatural note
T. dorsifera (C. Agardh) Kützing 1849: 769 (Womersley 1994: 334). - (15 July 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025