Dictyota 
divaricata J.V. Lamouroux

Dictyota 
divaricata J.V. Lamouroux

Dictyota 
divaricata J.V. Lamouroux

Dictyota 
divaricata J.V. Lamouroux

Dictyota divaricata
J.V. Lamouroux
(detailed information)

Species Details
Class: Phaeophyceae
Genus: Dictyota J.V. Lamouroux
Species: Dictyota divaricata
Authority: J.V. Lamouroux
Description: Thallus loosely intertwined, brown, regularly forking, fork-angles usually wide (>90º), width of thallus-sections varying. to 3 mm at the base, then abruptly narrowing to less than o.5 mm. Rhizoidal holdfast. Brown colour. Size: 3 to 7 cm long.
   
Name History Adjective (Latin), divaricate, spreading at a wide angle (Stearn 1973).
References Rao, C.B., Trimurtulu, G., Rao, D.V., Bobzin, S.C., Kushlan, D.M. & Faulkner, D.J. (1991). Diterpenes from the brown alga Dictyota divaricata of the Indian Ocean. Phytochemistry 30(6): 1971-1976.


Habitat: On firm substrata in shalow water; in calm as well as exposed locations.
Type information:

Basionym: Dictyota bartayresiana var. divaricata J.Agardh

Type locality: Vera Cruz, Mexico (De Clerck 2003: 163). Lectotype: LD 49170 (De Clerck 2003: 163). Notes: The name appeared first as a nomen in Liebmann (1846: 75). A description was later provided by J. Agardh. Study of the type material showed that D. bartayresiana var. divaricata is synonymous with D. cervicornis. LD 49170 was chosen as lectotype from a number of syntypes.
Specimens
( 3 record(s) available )
Type Number Species Date Coastal Station

(O)

 4559 Dictyota divaricata J.V. Lamouroux 2016-08-08 Cala Domingos, Cales de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

(O)

 4561 Dictyota divaricata J.V. Lamouroux 2016-08-08 Cala Domingos, Cales de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

(O)

 4562 Dictyota divaricata J.V. Lamouroux 2016-08-08 Cala Domingos, Cales de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain


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