Rhodomela thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh 1824
Current name:
Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba UniversityHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)
Publication Details
Rhodomela thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh 1824: 199
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Request PDFPublication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodomela is Rhodomela subfusca (Woodward) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze.
Basionym
Fucus thunbergii Mertens ex Roth
Type Information
Syntype localities: ""E Chinae et Iaponiae maribus attulit Ill. Thunberg" cujus nomen huic Algae imposuiit dilectiss. Mertens." [China and Japan seas];
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 October 2012
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 October 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
