Sarcophycus potatorum (Labillardière) Kützing 1843
Current name:
Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) J.E.Areschoug
Durvillaea potatorum, Fossil Island, Pirates Bay, Tasmania - 01 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Sarcophycus potatorum (Labillardière) Kützing 1843: 392
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Sarcophycus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) J.E.Areschoug.
Basionym
Fucus potatorum Labillardière
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat ad capitis Van-Diemen littora." [Tasmania]; (Labillardière 1807: 112) Type: FI; (Womersley 1987: 339)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024