Petrocelis cruenta J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Petrocelis cruenta J.Agardh 1851: 490
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Petrocelis.
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. (1983). Life history and hybridization studies on Gigartina stellata and Petrocelis cruenta (Rhodophyta) in the North Atlantic. Journal of Phycology 19: 474-494.
Type Information
Type locality: Brest; (Dixon & Irvine 1977) Lectotype: herb. alg. Agardh; 27581, LD (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 244)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bloody.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 May 2009
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Taxonomic note
This entity is misidentifed by Harvey (1849: pl. 117) as Cruoria pellita (Denizot, 1968: 175). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Record from Mediterranean Spain (Gallardo et al., 1985) not accepted as it is outside the range of the entity. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 May 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
