Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing 1845
Publication Details
Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing 1845: 204
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1845). Phycologia germanica, d. i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. pp. [i]-x, [1]-340 ['240']. Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetomorpha is Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Sfriso, A., Wolf, M.A., Moro, I., Sfriso, A.A., Buosi, A. & Verlaque, M. (2018). Rediscovery of a forgotten Mediterranean Chaetomorpha species in the Venice Lagoon (North Adriatic Sea): Chaetomorpha stricta Schiffner (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 39(3): 293-312.
Basionym
Conferva crassa C.Agardh
Type Information
Syntype localities: "In Salinis ad Tergestum, Ad Venetiam. Ad Angliam." [Trieste and Venice; England]; (Agardh 1824: 99) Notes: A lectotype does not seem to have been selected.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), thick (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 March 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
