Mychodea disticha Harvey 1859

Publication Details
Mychodea disticha Harvey 1859: 323, pl. CXCII.A [192.A]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mychodea is Mychodea carnosa Hooker f. & Harvey.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "East coast. Gunn" [east coast of Tasmania]; (Harvey 1859: 323) Lectotype (lectotype designated by Kraft 1978: 560, fig 36 A): R. Gunn ; TCD; 0011966 (Kraft 1978: 560 (fig. 36 A)) Notes: Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 4161

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), arranged in two opposite rows (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Usually a deep-water species on rough-water coasts (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 460). Grows on rock, jetty piles, the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica and the brown alga Acrocarpia paniculata; from just below extreme low tides to depths of at least 11 m (Kraft 1978: 543).

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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