Asparagopsis sanfordiana Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Asparagopsis sanfordiana Harvey 1855: 544 (as 'Sanfordiana')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Asparagopsis is Asparagopsis delilei Montagne.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1996). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIB - Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. pp. [1]-392, 160 figs. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study with assistance from the State Herbarium of South Australia.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Garden Island and Rottnest" [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 544) Type (a lectotype does not seem to have been selected): TCD; Travelling Set No. 124 (Harvey 1855: 544)

Eponomy
"I name it in honour of W.A. Sanford, Esq., Colonial Secretary of Western Australia."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 March 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 March 2025

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