Gigartina teedei (Mertens ex Roth) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Publication Details
Gigartina teedei (Mertens ex Roth) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 137 (as 'teedii')

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chondracanthus teedei (Mertens ex Roth) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

Basionym
Ceramium teedei Mertens ex Roth

Type Information
Type locality: In Lusitaniae oris olim legit Teede [Portugal]; (Roth 1806: 108) Type: BM; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 115) Notes: Dixon & Ivine ((1977: 243) give the following data: Isotype: BM-K. Portugal (Lisbon, fide label).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Epilithic in sheltered areas; upper sublittoral to at least 3 m (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 243). Growing on rocks between tide-marks near high tide, often in tide-pools (Mikami 1965: 210).

Created: 16 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2017

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