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Dysidea hirciniformis

Dysidea hirciniformis

Gunther, Dallas, Carruthers & Francis, 1885

GBIF:258245648

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Descriptions(4)

Hab. Alarine.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803
Specimen a caulescent chaliniform bunch of solid stems, each about 4 in. in diameter, rising from a common con ­ tracted origin, dichotomously divided two or three times, and ending in pointed extremities. Consistence soft, delicate. Colour, when fresh, “ pale buff, inclining to purple at the tips, ” now delicate flesh-colour generally. Surface conulated in strong relief. Pores between the conuli. Vents scattered here and there. Vertical and lateral fibre, all arenaceous. Size 5 in. long.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803
Obs. This species in its conulated surface resembles Dysidea fragilis, but is much coarser in general structure, espe ­ cially in the flat spreading forms, where the dark rich flesh ­ colour of the sarcode is very striking, and recalls to mind the “ rosy ” tint of Spongelia avara, Sdt.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803
Loc. Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Depth 19 fath.
Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803

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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original book chapter Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William, Francis, William (1885): The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. In: Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS: 1-96, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14926803

Gunther A C L G, Dallas W S, Carruthers W, Francis W, juliana (1885). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w55e2g accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 3/30/1885View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
258245648
Dataset Key
a144cb92-a35f-4be1-a70b-12a59f5be52d
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2238407
Taxon ID
584D535BFFC3FFC575273E7BFC88FBBF.taxon
Last Crawled
6/8/2026
Last Interpreted
6/8/2026