Chondria muscoides C.Agardh 1822
Publication Details
Chondria muscoides C.Agardh 1822: 361
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: probably Oct 1822
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acanthophora muscoides (Linnaeus) Bory.
Source of Synonymy
Bory de St. Vincent, J.B. (1828). Botanique, Cryptogamie. In: Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. (Duperrey, L.I. Eds), pp. 97-200. Paris: Bertrand.
Type Information
Type locality: Brazil; (de Jong, Hitipeuw & Prud'Homme van Reine 1999: 133) Neotype: LD; 94/068.9765 (nº38011) (de Jong, Hitipeuw & Prud'Homme van Reine 1999: 131) Notes: Agardh's specimen, Chondria muscoides from Brazil, inscribed "Chondria muscoides Ag. ad oras Brasiliam & ex. mus. Paris dedit Desfontaines", deposited in small fragments at the herbarium of Lund is proposed as neotype by de Jong et al. (1999).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling a moss (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 March 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 February 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
