Gigartina spinosa Greville, nom. illeg. 1830

Publication Details
Gigartina spinosa Greville, nom. illeg. 1830: lix

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type 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 Eucheuma denticulatum (N.L.Burman) Collins & Hervey.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiny.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 March 2006

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Nomenclatural note
According to Silva, Bassson & Moe (1996: 331), Fucus spinosus Linnaeus was an illegitimate renaming of Fucus denticulatus Burman, which name Linnaeus cites. Sphaerococcus spinosus , Gigartina spinosa , and Eucheuma spinosum , being based on Fucus spinosus , are likewise illegitimate. The conspecificity of F. denticulatus and F. muricatus was first proposed by C. Agardh (1822: 271). Both names were published in 1768, with the Burman publication having priority (1 March-6 April vs. after 1 May). The type locality of F. denticulatus avowedly is the Cape of Good Hope, but Eucheuma is known in South Africa only from Natal, where, according to Norris (1992: 8), it is seemingly rare. - (18 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 March 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 April 2025

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