Saccharina nigripes (J.Agardh) Lontin & G.W.Saunders 2015
Publication Details
Saccharina nigripes (J.Agardh) Lontin & G.W.Saunders 2015: 445
Published in: Longtin, C.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2015). On the utility of mucilage ducts as a taxonomic character in Laminaria and Saccharina (Phaeophyceae) - the conundrum of S. groenlandica. Phycologia 54(5): 440-450.
Publication date: 2015
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hedophyllum nigripes (J.Agardh) Starko, S.C.Lindstrom & Martone.
Source of Synonymy
Starko, S., Soto Gomez, M., Darby, H., Demes, K.W., Kawai, H., Yotsukura, N., Lindstrom, S.C., Keeling, P.J., Graham, S.W. & Martone, P.T. (2019). Corrigendum to "A comprehensive kelp phylogeny sheds light on the
evolution of an ecosystem" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 136 (2019) 138–150]. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 140: [1].
Basionym
Laminaria nigripes J.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Spitsbergen; (Athanasiadis 1996: 214) Lectotype: LD; [herb. alg. Agardh] 2013 (Longtin & Saunders 2015: 445) Notes: Lontin & Saunders (2014: 445) rejected the selection of LD [herb alg. Agardh] 2010 by Wilce and replaced it with LD [herb alg. Agardh] 2013. Art 9.19 [Melbourne Code] clearly specifies "The author who first designates (Art. 7.9 and 7.10) a lectotype or a neotype in conformity with Art. 9.11-13 must be followed, but that choice is superseded if (a) the holotype or, in the case of a neotype, any of the original material is rediscovered; the choice may also be superseded if one can show that (b) it is in serious conflict with the protologue and another element is available that is not in conflict with the protologue, or that (c) it is contrary to Art. 9.14."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 November 2015 by G.M. 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 05 January 2025
