Cystoseira montagnei J.Agardh 1842

Current name: Gongolaria montagnei (J.Agardh) Kuntze
Pantelleria (southern Italy), 14 m deep - 04 July 2022. G. Marletta

Publication Details
Cystoseira montagnei J.Agardh 1842: 47 (as 'Montagnei')

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. pp. [i]-x, 1-164. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Fortin, Masson et Cie.

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Publication date: 9 April 1842

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gongolaria montagnei (J.Agardh) Kuntze.

Source of Synonymy
Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2020). Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Notulae Algarum 172: 1-10, 2 figures.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Hab. e profundiori mari rejectam ad Cette mense aprilis frequentem, ad Massiliam rariorem legi; ex Adriatico dedit Biasoletto!" ; (Agardh 1842: 48) Lectotype: LD; 00528 (Sellam & al. 2017: 153, figs 23-26) Notes: France (Sète [= LT] and Marseille); Adriatic (from Biasoletto).

Eponomy
Named for Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (1784-1866).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 December 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Agardh cited "Cyst. granulata Var. Turneri Mont. Cr. Alg. p. 15." in synoymy apparently intending Cystoseira montagnei J.Agardh to be a new name for this entity [from Algeria]. - (10 December 2016) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Entity of uncertain taxonomic position (Furnari et al., 1999). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025