Dictyocha pentasterias Ehrenberg 1840
Publication Details
Dictyocha pentasterias Ehrenberg 1840: [147 in journal]
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1840). Über noch zahlreich jetzt lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien Preprint of Abhandlung der Könglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin aus dem Jahre 1839 [1841] with different pagination. pp. 1-94, 4 pls. Berlin.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dictyocha is Dictyocha fibula Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Type Information
Type locality: Norway: Christiania [Oslo] ; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Boeck; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Greece (fossil); Norway: Christiania [Oslo] (living).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 May 2003 by Mairead Murphy.
Last updated: 26 April 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024