Cottoniella arcuata var. filamentosa (Børgesen) Schotter 1951
Current name:
Cottoniella filamentosa (M.Howe) Børgesen
Houtman Abrolhos, Western AustraliaJohn Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Cottoniella arcuata var. filamentosa (Børgesen) Schotter 1951
Published in: Schotter, G. (1951). Le genre Cottoniella Boergesen (Delessériacées). Revue Générale de Botanique 58: 279-298.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cottoniella is Cottoniella arcuata Børgesen.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cottoniella filamentosa (M.Howe) Børgesen.
Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. [1]-533, 226 figs, 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
Basionym
Sarcomenia filamentosa M.Howe
Type Information
Type locality: Cape Florida, Biscayne Key, Florida, U.S.A.; (Børgesen 1920: 478) Holotype: M.A.Howe 2844; 29 Mar. 1904; on Sargassum, corallines, etc., washed ashore; NY?; (Huisman 2018: 584)
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), curved, like a bow (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 March 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
