Conferva lanosa Roth 1806
Current name:
Spongomorpha aeruginosa (Linnaeus) C.Hoek
Dog's Bay, Roundstone, Co. Galway, Ireland - 27 April 2006. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Conferva lanosa Roth 1806: 291, pl. IX
Published in: Roth, A.G. [=A.W.] (1806). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus tertius cum tabulis aenaeis XII. pp. [i-viii], [1]-350, [1-2, index pi.], [1-6, index] [1, err.], pls I-XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrosiphonia arcta (Dillwyn) Gain.
Source of Synonymy
Brodie, J., Maggs, C.A. & John, D.M. (2007). Green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i-v], vi-xii, 1-242, 101 figs. London: British Phycological Society.
Type Information
Type locality: Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany;
Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 January 2008
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 January 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024