Compsonema saxicola (Kuckuck) Kuckuck 1953
Publication Details
Compsonema saxicola (Kuckuck) Kuckuck 1953: 343 (as 'saxicolum')
Published in: Kuckuck, P. (1953). Ectocarpaceen - Studien I: Hecatonema, Chilionema, Compsonema. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 4: 316-352.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Compsonema is Compsonema gracile Kuckuck.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Myrionema saxicola Kuckuck
Type Information
Type locality: Helgoland; (Athanasiadis 1996: 160)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Originally "saxicolum"; Art. 23.5. "... the usage of the word element -cola as an adjective is a correctable error." - (17 February 2020) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
May be a phase in the life history of Petalonia and/or Scytosiphon (Fletcher 1987: 222). "Compsonema saxicola 'phase' of Planosiphon/Scytosiphon" (Fletcher 2024: 486). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 March 2025
