Lomentaria opuntia (Endlicher) J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1852

Publication Details
Lomentaria opuntia (Endlicher) J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1852: (1851-1863): 737-738

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 3, fasc. 1. pp. 701-786. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lomentaria is Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Coelarthrum opuntia (Endlicher) Børgesen.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 27 February 2009

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Nomenclatural note
According to Silva et al. (1996: 358), L. opuntia (Endlicher) J. Agardh is a later homonym of L. opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Gaillon (1828: 367), a synonym of Catanella caespitosa. - (27 February 2009) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Womersley (1996: 55) cites L. opuntia (J. Agardh) J. Agardh 1852:737 as a synonym of Coelarthrum opuntia (Endlicher) Borgesen; Huisman 1996: 100 cites Lomentaria(?) opuntia (Endlicher) J. Agardh 1852 as a synonym of C. opuntia. - (27 February 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025

 
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