Chondrus crispus var. stellatus (Stackhouse) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Chondrus crispus var. stellatus (Stackhouse) Lyngbye 1819: 15

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chondrus is Chondrus crispus Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D., West, J.A., Kim, D.-H. & Masuda, M. (1984). Reinstatement of the genus Mastocarpus Kützing (Rhodophyta). Taxon 33: 53-63.

Basionym
Fucus stellatus Stackhouse

Type Information
Type locality: western shores of England; (Stackhouse 1797: 53, pl. 12) Type: Stackhouse; Notes: The name has been typified with Stackhouse’s description in Withering (1797: 99); the original specimens have not been found. The figure in pl. 12 of Stackhouse (1797) could serve as a lectotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crisped, irregularly waved and twisted (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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