Chondriopsis coerulescens J.Agardh 1863

Current name: Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Sauvageau
Gorishoek, Oosterschelde Basin, The Netherlands; male reproductive structure. - 21 July 2007. Herre Stegenga (Stegenga@nhn.leidenuniv.nl)

Publication Details
Chondriopsis coerulescens J.Agardh 1863: 808

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]

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Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Sauvageau.

Type Information
Type locality: Brest, France; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 388) Lectotype: "Algues Marines du Finistère", no. 282 (Dixon 1962): Crouan; LD; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 388)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), becoming sky-blue (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 January 2014

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Nomenclatural note
Cites Laurencia caerulescens Crouan in Alg. Finist. no. 282, a nomen nudum. - (10 April 2007) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 January 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025