Polyides griffithsiae (Turner) Gaillon 1828

Publication Details
Polyides griffithsiae (Turner) Gaillon 1828: 365

Published in: Gaillon, B. (1828). Résumé méthodique des classifications des Thalassiophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 53: 350-406, 3 tables.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polyides is Polyides lumbricalis C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius.

Source of Synonymy
Martius, C.F.P. von (1833). Flora brasiliensis, seu, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia: tam sua sponte quam accedente cultura provenientium, quas in itinere auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis annis 1817-1820 peracto collegit, partim descripsit; alias a Maximiliano Seren. Principe Widensi, sellovio aliisque advectas addidit, communibus amicorum propriisque studiis secundum methodum naturalem dispositas et illustratas. Vol. I. Pars prior. Algae, lichenes, hepaticae exposuerunt Martius. Eschweilfr [sic]. Nees ab Esenbeck. pp. [i]-iv, [1]-390. Stuttgartiae & Tubingae [Stuttgart & Tübingen]: sumptibus J.G. Cottae.

Basionym
Fucus griffithsiae Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Chit Rocks, Sidmouth, Devon, England; (Turner 1802: pl. 37) Lectotype: BM-K; (Turner 1802: pl. 37) Notes: Devon (probably near Chit Rock, Sidmouth (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 219).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 August 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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