Gelidium capillaceum (S.G.Gmelin) Meneghini 1854
Current name:
Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand
Pterocladiella capillacea, Lord Howe Island, Australia
Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gelidium capillaceum (S.G.Gmelin) Meneghini 1854: 185
Published in: Frauenfeld, G. (1854). Aufzählung der Algen der dalmatischen Küste nach einer Sammlung des Hrn. V. Vidovich in Sebenico, vermehrt mit betreffenden Arten meines Herbars, und der im Vereinsherbar von Hrn. F. Titius befindlichen Sammlung, mit Benätzung der daselbst beigegebenen Notizen mit Benätzung der daselbst beigegebenen Notizen. Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wein 4(Abh.): 317-350.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand.
Source of Synonymy
Santelices, B. & Hommersand, M. (1997). Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 36: 114-119.
Basionym
Fucus capillaceus S.G.Gmelin
Type Information
Type locality: Locus, Mare mediterraneum [Mediterranean Sea]; (Gmelin 1768: 146) Lectotype: original illustration (Gmelin , 1768, pl. 15 fig.1). (epitype) (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 139)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), capillarg, hair-like, thread-like (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
