Ecklonia biruncinata (Bory) Papenfuss 1944
Publication Details
Ecklonia biruncinata (Bory) Papenfuss 1944: 341
Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1944). Notes on algal nomenclature. III. Miscellaneous species of Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae. Farlowia 1(3): 337-346.
Publication date: "January, 1944"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ecklonia is Ecklonia buccinalis (Linnaeus) Hornemann.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Laminaria biruncinata Bory
Type Information
Type locality: Concepción, Chile; Dumont d'Urville; PC;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 August 2008
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Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Ecklonia exasperata (Turner) J. Agardh, E. polymorpha Hornem and E. radiata (Turner) J. Agardh as synonyms of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Papenfuss (1964: 22) considers it doubtful that the specimen from Cape Horn upon which Hooker’s record is based is actually representative of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 August 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025