Dictyosphaeria ulvacea Kützing 1863

Publication Details
Dictyosphaeria ulvacea Kützing 1863: 12

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1863). Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zu drei und siebenzig neun Algenspecies. Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Klassen der Realschule zu Nordhausen. pp. [1]-19. Nordhausen: Realschule zu Nordhausen.

Publication date: Mai 1863

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyosphaeria is Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forsskål) Børgesen.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Baláde, New Caledonia; (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 537) Type: Vieillard; L; 937,183-35 (barcode L 0055026) (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 537) Notes: Type: Vieillard # 1978.

Created: 16 February 2006 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 July 2009

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Taxonomic note
According to Millar & Prud'homme van Reine (2005; 537), the two specimens on the type sheet are small, not well pressed, and thus difficult to identify with certainty. However, they note that Valet (1966, 1967) considered the specimen on the left to be the correct type specimen and to be conspecific with D. intermedia Weber-van Bosse and the specimen on the right to be a juvenile form of D. cavernosa (Forsskål) Borgesen. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025