Sphacelaria bracteata (Reinke) Sauvageau 1900

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Dictyotophycidae
Order Sphacelariales
Family Sphacelariaceae
Genus Sphacelaria

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Publication details
Sphacelaria bracteata (Reinke) Sauvageau 1900: 250, 254, figs 7, 8

Published in: Sauvageau, C. (1900). Remarques sur les Sphacélariacées. Journal de Botanique [Morot] 14: 247-259.

Publication date: September 1900

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria reticulata Lyngbye.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Herpodiscus bracteatus (Reinke) Draisma, Prud'homme & H.Kawai

Basionym
Sphacelaria pulvinata var. bracteata Reinke

Type information
Type locality: 'Neu Holland' (Draisma, Prud'homme van Reine & Kawai 2010: 322). Holotype : Jessen (s.n.); KIEL (Draisma, Prud'homme van Reine & Kawai 2010: 322). Notes: Isotype: PC. [the host is a Cystophora (Draisma et al. 2010: 322)].

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), bearing bracts.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sphacelaria pygmaea Lenormand ex Sauvageau 1900
Sphacelaria foecunda Sauvageau 1900

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Source of current name
Draisma, S.G.A., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Kawai, H. (2010). A revised classification of the Sphacelariales (Phaeophyceae) inferred from a psbC and rbcL based phylogeny. European Journal of Phycology 45(3): 308-326.

Key references
Womersley, H.B.S. (1967). A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 15: 189-270, 6 figs.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II. pp. 484, 169 figs, 1 table, 8 plates, 4 maps. Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division.

Created: 18 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi

Verified by: 09 August 2020 by M.D. Guiry

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Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 November 2020.