Merrifieldia ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1885

Publication Details
Merrifieldia ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1885: 57, fig. 5

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1885). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. (Fjerde afdelningen.). Lunds Universitets Årskrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 21(8): 1-117, 1 pl.

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

Basionym
Chondria ramentacea C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oras novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 304) Holotype: PC; “No. 21” (Womersley 1994: 441) Notes: Womersley (1994: 441) notes that there is a fragment of the type in Herb. Agardh, LD (27514).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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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 21 June 2025

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