Wurdemannia miniata (Sprengel) Feldmann & Hamel 1934
Current name:
Wurdemannia miniata (Sprengel) Feldmann & Hamel
Panama. Transverse section of branch showing thick-walled medullary cells and smaller surface cells.Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Wurdemannia miniata (Sprengel) Feldmann & Hamel 1934: 544
Published in: Feldmann, J. & Hamel, G. (1934). Observations sur quelques Gélidiacées. Revue Générale de Botanique 46: 528-549, 11 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Wurdemannia is Wurdemannia setacea Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus miniatus Sprengel
Type Information
Type locality: Vicinity of Montpellier, French Mediterranean coast; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 20) Type: Draparnaud; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 20)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), saturn-red, flame-scarlet; literally, ‘painted with red lead’ (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 March 2017
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Nomenclatural note
Børgesen (1950: 39) cites this species as Wurdemannia miniata (Draparnaud) Feldmann & Hamel.
Dawson (1952: 86) cites this species as Wurdemannia miniata (Lamarck & De Candolle) Feldmann & Hamel.
Lawson & John (1987: 179) cite this species as Wurdemannia miniata (Duby) J. Feldmann & Hamel, 1934 (basionym: Gigartina miniata Duby, 1830). Taylor (1945) cites this species as Wurdemannia miniata (Draparnaud) Feldmann & Hamel. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Lawson & John (1987) cite Gigartina miniata Duby , 1830 as the basionym of Wurdemannia miniata (Duby) J. Feldmann & Hamel. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Widespread in most warm seas; on rock flat ca. 30 cm below low water (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (03 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
