Zonaria diesingiana J.Agardh 1841

Current name: Zonaria diesingiana J.Agardh
Hsiao-Liuchiu island, Pingtong County, Taiwan. 1993. 5. 16. Photo by Huang Su-fang, National Taiwan Museum, from http://www.ntm.gov.tw/seaweeds.Sue Huang (sfhuang@ntm.gov.tw)

Publication Details
Zonaria diesingiana J.Agardh 1841: 443

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1841). In historiam algarum symbolae. Linnaea 15: 1-50, 443-457.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zonaria is Zonaria flava C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras Novae Hollandiae" (probably near Sydney, Australia); (Silva & al. 1996: 613) Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Allender & Kraft (1983: 81) for more information on the type locality of this species.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Womersley (1967: 228) rejected this name as a nomen dubium on the grounds that the type specimen (from Australia) represents the basal prtion of an undeterminable Zonaria. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025