Gigartina flabellata J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1851
Publication Details
Gigartina flabellata J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1851: 265
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gigartina muelleriana Setchell & N.L.Gardner.
Type Information
Australia: Port Phillip.; Type: LD; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 118)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flabellate, fan-shaped (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 August 2022
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Nomenclatural note
Edyvane & Womersley (1994: 308) note that this taxon was re-named G. muelleriana by Setchell & Gardner (1933: 294) since it was pre-dated by G. flabellata Kützing (1849: 751). - (03 July 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 March 2025
