Dasya ocellata (Grateloup) Harvey 1833

Publication Details
Dasya ocellata (Grateloup) Harvey 1833: 335

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dasya is Dasya pedicellata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Ceramium ocellatum Grateloup

Type Information
Type locality: Sète [Hérault, France]; (Silva & al. 1996: 437) Lectotype (designated by Maggs & Hommersand 1993): unlocalised, undated Grateloup specimen; LD; 43847 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 275) Notes: "Dasya ocellata is based on Ceramium ocellatum, a name published by Grateloup (1806) on the basis of specimens collected in Montpellier (Mediterranean coast of France),..." (Peña-Matrin & al. 2008: 74), but INA and Silva & al. (1996: 437) indicated "Sète". I have not seen the original publication.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), marked with two-coloured spots, having the centre of one colour surrounded by a broad ring of another (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 December 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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