Chondria verticillata Harvey 1855
Current name:
Coeloclonium verticillatum (Harvey) J.Agardh
Coeloclonium vertiicillatum, Map Reef, Perth, Western AustraliaJohn Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Chondria verticillata Harvey 1855: 539
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Coeloclonium verticillatum (Harvey) J.Agardh.
Type Information
Type locality: Garden Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 487) Notes: Womersley (2003: 417) gives the following data: Lectotype (Clifton, W. Aust.) in Herb. Harvey, TCD. Trav. Set 273 from Garden I., was not located in TCD in 1952, so a Clifton specimen was selected as lectotype; a 273 from Port Fairy, Victoria is in TCD.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), verticillate, whorled (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 April 2009
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
