Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh 1823
Current name:
Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh
Lung-tung, Taipei County, Taiwan. 1997. 5. 24. Photo by Huang Su-fang, National Taiwan Museum, from http://www.ntm.gov.tw/seaweedsSue Huang (sfhuang@ntm.gov.tw)
Publication Details
Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh 1823: 429
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1823). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [vii-viii], [399]-531. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: early 1823
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Valonia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: “In lacuna Veneta copiose natans. In mari Australi ad Ravak”; (Agardh 1823: 429) Lectotype (Lagoon; Venice; designated by Egerod 1952): Bosc s.n.; LD; 15978 (Leliaert & Coppejans 2004: 203) Notes: See Olsen & West (1988: 106) for more information on the lectotype locality of this species. The herbarium no. cited in Lipkin & Silva (2002: 61) is LD 15977.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Greek), a ball of hair or a concretion found in the stomach of the goat and other ruminants.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 September 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 March 2023
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Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996) the following names have been misapplied to this species by various authors:Valonia utricularis and Valonia confervoides. Please consult original reference for more information. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Widespread in most warm seas. Grew in shallow water on rocks, accumulating sediment in the spaces between the vesicles (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (21 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2025
