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Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932 
AphiaID: 214395

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Siphonocladales (Order) > Siphonocladaceae (Family) > Dictyosphaeria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dictyosphaeria Decaisne, 1842
Synonymised
taxa
  Dictyosphaeria favulosa (C.Agardh) Decaisne ex Endlicher, 1843 (synonym)
Ulva cavernosa Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)
Valonia favulosa C.Agardh, 1823 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details]

additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]

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 Variety Dictyosphaeria cavernosa var. bullata Børgesen, 1952
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214395
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-03-09 07:13:54Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2000-08-23 07:47:56Z  changed  Vermaercke, Sigrid
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214395 on 2013-06-19
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