Nitophyllum serrulatum J.Agardh 1898
Publication Details
Nitophyllum serrulatum J.Agardh 1898: 51
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1898). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Voluminis Tertii, Pars Tertia. De dispositione Delesseriearum curae posteriores. pp. i-vii, 1-239. Lundae [Lund]: apud C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitospinosa pristoidea (Harvey) Womersley.
Type Information
Type locality: Swan Island, Tasmania, Australia; (Kylin 1924: 61) Holotype: Baudinet; LD; 30497 (Womersley 2003: 87) Notes: According to Womersley (2003: 87) M. serrulata (J. Agardh) Kylin appears to be only a sterile plant of N. pristoidea; the holotype sheet in LD, 30497, from Swan I. (prob. NE Tas.), Baudinet, was also labelled by J. Agardh “Nitoph. pristoidea Harv.?”
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), somewhat saw-toothed.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 June 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 January 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
