Thamnoclonium dichotomum (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Thamnoclonium dichotomum (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1876: 168

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 Thamnoclonium is Thamnoclonium hirsutum Kützing.

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

Basionym
Polyphacum dichotomum J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras Novae Hollandiae" (New South Wales, Australia); (Silva & al. 1996: 204) Lectotype: Sieber; Herb. Agardh, LD; 23051 (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 214) Notes: Womersley & Lewis (1994: 214) notes that there is an isolectotype in MEL (606050) and that Sieber collected from the Sydney region, N.S.W., not in W. Aust. as stated by Chiang (1970: 62).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
From depths of two to at least 30 m; attached to rocky substrata in regions of strong tidal currents, although they are also able to tolerate considerable siltation (Scott et al. 1984).

Created: 31 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

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