Gloiosaccion brownii Harvey 1859

Publication Details
Gloiosaccion brownii Harvey 1859: pl. LXXXIII [83] (as 'Var. alpha membranaceum')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gloiosaccion.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chrysymenia brownii (Harvey) De Toni.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Australia, R. Brown. Fremantle, Western Australia, W. H. H., George Clifton. Port Phillip, W. H. H. In the Tamar, Tasmania, Rev. I. Fereday, W. H. H., etc."; (Womersley 1996: 54) Lectotype (Tamar, Tasmania; designated by Womersley 1996: 54): W.H. Harvey; TCD; Herb Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 419 (Womersley 1996: 54)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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