Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum var. tortuosum (Dillwyn) Stockmayer 1890

Chaetomorpha tortuosa (Dillwyn) Kleen

Current name: Chaetomorpha tortuosa (Dillwyn) Kleen
microscope dyed with hematoxilin, Ria de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2013 - 27 December 2013. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum var. tortuosum (Dillwyn) Stockmayer 1890: 583

Published in: Stockmayer, S. (1890). Über die Algengattung Rhizoclonium. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 40: 571-586, 27 figs.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhizoclonium is Rhizoclonium juergensii (Mertens) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chaetomorpha tortuosa (Dillwyn) Kleen.

Basionym
Conferva tortuosa Dillwyn

Type Information
Lectotype locality: "In Salt Pools by the River Yare near Yarmouth [Norfolk], and on Rocks in the Sea about Swansea [Wales]."; (Dillwyn 1805: pl. 46) Lectotype (Swansea, Wales]: BM; Notes: Silva et al. recommend consulting Blaire (1983: 198) for further information regarding the lectotype locality of this species. According to Womersley (1984: 168) the type is from Yarmouth, England; in BM (see Chapman, 1939: 21).

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 16 November 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 January 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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