Giffordia sandriana (Zanardini) Hamel 1939

Current name: Hincksia sandriana (Zanardini) P.C.Silva
Yerseke Harbour, the Netherlands; on pontoons, leg. Mart Karremans and Herre Stegenga - 10 June 2006. Herre Stegenga (Stegenga@nhn.leidenuniv.nl)

Publication Details
Giffordia sandriana (Zanardini) Hamel 1939: 67

Published in: Hamel, G. (1939). Sur la classification des Ectocarpales. Botaniska Notiser 1939: 65-70.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Giffordia is Giffordia secunda (Kützing) Batters.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hincksia sandriana (Zanardini) P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Meñez, E.G. & Moe, R.L. (1987). Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Sciences 27: [i-ii] iii-iv, 1-179, 2 figs, 1 table.

Basionym
Ectocarpus sandrianus Zanardini

Type Information
Type locality: Zadar, Croatia; (Silva & al. 1996: 569) Type: Giovanni Battista Sandri; (INA 1996) Notes: KIEL? Womersley (1987) gives the following data for Ectocarpus sandrianus Zanardini in Kuetzing: Type from the Adriatic Sea; in Museo Civico Correr, Venice, Italy.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 October 2024

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Taxonomic note
Womersley (1987) cites Giffordia sandriana (Zanardini in Kuetzing) Hamel 1939b: xiv as an accepted species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025