Aulacodiscus kilkellyanus var. sparsus (Greville) Rattray 1888

Publication Details
Aulacodiscus kilkellyanus var. sparsus (Greville) Rattray 1888: 344 (as 'sparsa')

Published in: Rattray, J. (1888). A revision of the genus Aulacodiscus Ehrb. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 8(3): 337-382, 3 pls [V-VII].

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aulacodiscus is Aulacodiscus crux Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aulacodiscus sparsus Greville.

Basionym
Aulacodiscus sparsus Greville

Type Information
Type locality: "Barbadoes deposit, from Cambridge estate, C. Johnson"; (Greville 1866) Holotype: BM; slide 3479 (Williams 2021: 154) Notes: Williams (2021: 154): "holotype: Fig. 18 = the original drawing; Fig. 19 = the published figure; Fig. 20, the specimen, modified from Williams 1988: pl. 17, fig. 6)."

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Created: 20 July 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 27 January 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024

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