Desmarestia menziesii J.Agardh 1848

Current name: Desmarestia menziesii J.Agardh
Cheshire Island, off Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica; 12 m; leg. F.C. Küpper; juvenile form - 31 January 2019. Frithjof C. Küpper

Publication Details
Desmarestia menziesii J.Agardh 1848: 165 (as 'Desm. Menziesii (C. Ag. mscr.)')

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmarestia is Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Hab. in mari australi ad oras novae Shetlandiae (Menzies!) ad Conception (Bory.)" [South Shetland and Concepcion, Chile] ; (Agardh 1848: 166) Notes: Lectotype should be a specimen in herb. alg. Agardh from South Shetland Islands collected by Menzies.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 October 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Agardh (1848: 166) includes "Sporochnus Menziesii. C. Ag. mscr. in Herb. Menzies, 4833. Trinitaria Confervoides Bory Voy. Coqu. p. 146. tab. 24. fig. 2. (excl. syn.) ?? Desm. viridis fl. distans. Hook. el Harv.). Crypt. antarct. p. 460." - (28 October 2019) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 October 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025