Asperococcus orientalis J.Agardh 1848
Current name:
Rosenvingea orientalis (J.Agardh) Børgesen
Hawaii; erect, tubular, sparsely divided branches; scale 2 mm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Asperococcus orientalis J.Agardh 1848: 78
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.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rosenvingea orientalis (J.Agardh) Børgesen.
Type Information
Type locality: Hab. in mari Indico ad Manillam (Hb. Binder!) [Manilla, the Philippines]; (Agardh 1848: 78) Type: "Hb. Binder"; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Type: presumably LD; two specimens, likely from the type collection, are also in S: A12694, A12695 (Huisman et al., 2018).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), eastern.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 June 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 October 2018
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024