Metagoniolithon gracile (Harvey) Yendo 1905
Current name: Amphiroa gracilis Harvey
Publication Details
Metagoniolithon gracile (Harvey) Yendo 1905: 12
Published in: Yendo, K. (1905). A revised list of Corallinae. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 20(12): 1-46.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Metagoniolithon is Metagoniolithon charoides (J.V.Lamouroux) Weber Bosse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphiroa gracilis Harvey.
Basionym
Amphiroa gracilis Harvey
Type Information
Syntype localities: "King George's Sound and Rottnest, common, 218" [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 547) Lectotype: Harvey; TCD; (Womersley & Johansen 1996: 288) Notes: Womersley & Johansen in Womersley (1996: 288) note that A. gracilis was described from “King George’s Sound and Rottnest”, based on Harvey’s Travelling Set 218, that no specimens from King George Sound were located in TCD in 1952, and that Harvey'’s 218 from Rottnest I. (the lectotype) is in fragments. They also noted that there were three good specimens from “Swan River” in TCD. The badly fragmented lectotype is shown at http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/tcd0011881 (Harvey et al. 2013: 112).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, slender (Stearn 1973).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 April 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
