Dasya capillaris Hooker f. & Harvey 1847

Publication Details
Dasya capillaris Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 60, pl. XIX [19] (as 'Dasya (Composteia) capillaris')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dasya is Dasya pedicellata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Tasmania; (Womersley 1998: 476) ?Lectotype (Georgetown; designated by Womersley 1998: 476): R.C. Gunn 1307; BM; (Womersley 1998: 476) Notes: Lectotype indicated by Womersley (1998: 476) of a specimen at BM but Harvey (1847: 60) states "v.s. in Herb. T.C.D. comm. cl. Hooker" which surely should be the holotype with an isotype at BM..

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), capillary, hair-like, thread-like (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 August 2001 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 May 2024

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