Chauvinia cactoides (Turner) Kützing 1849

Current name: Caulerpa cactoides (Turner) C.Agardh

Publication Details
Chauvinia cactoides (Turner) Kützing 1849: 499

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chauvinia is Chauvinia clavifera (Turner) Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caulerpa cactoides (Turner) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

Basionym
Fucus cactoides Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "southern coast of New Holland"; (Silva & al. 1996: 815) Type: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1984: 269)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 June 2007 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 May 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025