Cystoseira barbata f. aurantia (Kützing) Giaccone 1985

Current name: Gongolaria barbata f. aurantia (Kützing) Falace, Alongi & Kaleb
aerocysts isolated and in short series; Lagoon of Strunjan (Gulf of Trieste, Slovenia) - 30 July 2021. Claudio Battelli (claudio.battelli@guest.arnes.si)

Publication Details
Cystoseira barbata f. aurantia (Kützing) Giaccone 1985: 906

Published in: Amico V., Giaccone G., Colombo P., Colonna P., Mannino A.M. & Randazzo R. (1986 '1985'). Un nuovo approccio allo studio della sistematica del genere Cystoseira C. Agardh (Phaeophyta, Fucales). Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania 18(326): 887-988.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gongolaria barbata f. aurantia (Kützing) Falace, Alongi & Kaleb.

Source of Synonymy
Falace, A., Manfrin, C., Furnari, G., d'Ambros Burchio, S., Pallavincini, A., Descourvieres, E., Kaleb, S., Lokovsek, A., Grech, D. & Alongi, G. (2024). Contribution to the knowledge of Gongolaria barbata (Sargassaceae, Fucales) from the Mediterranean: insights into infraspecific diversity. Phytotaxa 635(3): 191-205, 5 fgis, 3 tables.

Basionym
Cystoseira aurantia Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Golf von Triest [Gulf of Trieste, Italy]; (Kützing 1843: 357)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bearded.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2024

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Taxonomic note
"Gómez Garreta et al. (2001d: 115) considered C. barbata f. aurantia as synonym of C. barbata f. repens Zinova et Kalugina, but erroneously since the former form has priority vs [over] the latter one." (Cormaci et al. 2012: 312). - (26 August 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025