Ulvaria obscura (Kützing) Gayral ex Bliding 1969
Current name:
Ulvaria obscura (Kützing) Gayral ex Bliding
Spain, Galicia, Ría de A Coruña, 2009Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Ulvaria obscura (Kützing) Gayral ex Bliding 1969: 574
Published in: Bliding, C. (1969 '1968'). A critical survey of European taxa in Ulvales, Part II. Ulva, Ulvaria, Monostroma, Kornmannia. Botaniska Notiser 121: 535-629, 47 figs.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ulvaria is Ulva fusca Postels & Ruprecht.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ulva obscura Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France; (Kützing 1843: 296) Holotype: P.A.C. Endress; iv.1831; L; 938.53.77 (Kützing 1843: 296) Notes: Holotype: L.0054965 (Maggs et al., 2024:193.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dark, shady, indisctinct (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 April 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Proposal by P. Gayral (1964: 2151) is invalid: the basionym was not cited; cited Monostroma obscurum (Kützing) J. Agardh. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
This species was introduced accidentally, probably via oysters from Japan, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 287), being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) in 1985. It has also been reported from the N Adriatic. - (06 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
