Catenella opuntia var. elatior J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Catenella opuntia var. elatior J.Agardh 1876: 588

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Catenella is Catenella opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Catenella nipae Zanardini.

Basionym
Catenella nipae Zanardini

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. Sarawak, ad basim petiolorum Nypae fruticantis, ex oris fluviorum circe mare." [Sarawak is a Malysian State on the island of Borneo]; (Zanardini 1872: 144) Type: MCVE; (Womersley 1994: 449) Notes: Nypa fruticans (Arecaceae), is commonly known as the Nipa Palm or Mangrove Palm, is a species of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only palm adapted to the mangrove biome.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 July 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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