Gigartina muricata (S.G.Gmelin) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Publication Details
Gigartina muricata (S.G.Gmelin) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 137

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

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.

Basionym
Fucus muricatus S.G.Gmelin

Type Information
Type locality: Indian Ocean; (Silva & al. 1996: 331) Lectotype (designated by Irvine): [illustration] "Fucus muricatus" in Gmelin, Hist. Fucorum: t. 6, f. 4. 1768: (Spencer & al. 2009: 255)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered wiith short, hard points.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 03 March 2014

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