Cystophora moniliformis (Esper) Womersley & Nizamuddin

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Cystophora

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Gnarabup, Western Australia. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.

Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia. 03 Dec 2010. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Cystophora moniliformis, Fortesque Bay, Tasmania. 03 Nov 2009. M.D. Guiry" . © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Cystophora monilformis, Fortesque Bay, Tasmania. 03 Nov 2009. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Cystophora moniliformis, Tesselated Pavement, Pirates Bay, Tasmania. 30 Oct 2009. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Augusta, Western Australia.. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).

Cystophora moniliformis (Esper) Womersley & Nizamuddin Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
© Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication details
Cystophora moniliformis (Esper) Womersley & Nizamuddin in Womersley 1964: 71, fig. 6; pl. 3: fig. 1

Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1964). The morphology and taxonomy of Cystophora and related genera (Phaeophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 12: 53-110, 48 figs, 16 plates.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cystophora is Cystophora retroflexa (Labillardière) J.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Fucus moniliformis Esper

Type information
Type locality: ‘aus der Südsee’, (probably southern coast of Australia) (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 646). Holotype: R. Brown; ER (Womersley 1987: 370). Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Womersley (1964: 71-72) for more information on the type locality of this species. Womersley (1987: 370) cites the "south seas" (south coast of Australia) as the type locality.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), moniliform, cylindrical but contracted at regular intervals like a string of beads (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus moniliformis Esper 1804

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Blossevillea spartioides (Turner) Decaisne
Cystoseira spartioides (Turner) C.Agardh
Fucus spartioides Turner 1819
Cystophora spartioides (Turner) J.Agardh 1848
Phyllotricha spartioides (Turner) Areschoug 1854

Nomenclatural notes
Womersley (1987: 370) cites the authority for this species as (Esper) Womersley & Nizamuddin ex Womersley 1964.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Key references
Huisman, J.M. (2019). Marine plants of Australia Revised edition. pp. [i]-xviii, [1]-435, numerous col. figs. Crawley Western Australia: UWA Publishing.

Scott, F.J. (2017). Marine plants of Tasmania. pp. [i]-viii, 1-360, numerous col. illus. Hobart: Tasmania Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Created: 24 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 17 January 2020 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 February 2020.