Pyramimonas moestrupii McFadden 1986
Publication Details
Pyramimonas moestrupii McFadden 1986: 217, figs 1L, 5, 14G-I
Published in: McFadden, G.I., Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1986). A study of the genus Pyramimonas (Prasinophyceae) from southeastern Australia. Nordic Journal of Botany 6: 209-234.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pyramimonas is Pyramimonas tetrarhynchus Schmarda.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Corio Bay, Victoria, Australia; (INA 1996) Holotype: Fig. 5F (Mcfadden et al., 1986): 19 May 1982; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 May 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 February 2015
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Distributional note
Australia (type); also New Zealand - Moestrup, pers. comm. (INA). Alonzo-González et al., 2014 (citing various authors) note that this species has been recorded from the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa between Namibia and Mozambique, as well as Nivá Bay, Denmark. - (16 February 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 May 2025
