Dictyota kohlmeyeri (Nizamuddin & Gerloff) Hörning, Schnetter & Prud’homme 1993

Publication Details
Dictyota kohlmeyeri (Nizamuddin & Gerloff) Hörning, Schnetter & Prud’homme 1993: 169

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyota ciliolata Sonder ex Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Tronholm, A., Afonso-Carrillo, J., Sanson, M., Leliaert, F., Fernández-Garcia, C. & De Clerck, O. (2013). Taxonomy of the Dictyota ciliolata-crenulata complex (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 52 (2): 171-181.

Basionym
Dilophus kohlmeyeri Nizamuddin & Gerloff

Type Information
Type locality: Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife; (De Clerck 2003: 180) Holotype: B; 27031 (De Clerck 2003: 180) Notes: The type material consists of a collection of 10 specimens (sporophytes and gametophytes) (Tronholm et al. 2013: 180).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 April 2013

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025