Tubercularia pusilla (Stackhouse) Stackhouse 1816
Current name:
Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis
Neds Beach, Lord Howe Island, Australia
Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Tubercularia pusilla (Stackhouse) Stackhouse 1816: xii
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Tubercularia is Tubercularia purpurascens Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis.
Basionym
Fucus pusillus Stackhouse
Type Information
Type locality: Sidmouth, Devon, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 129) Lectotype (provisional): BM; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 139)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 April 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024