Conferva multifida Hudson 1778
Current name:
Sphondylothamnion multifidum (Hudson) Nägeli
microscope, Spain, Asturias, Silencio beach, 2006Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Conferva multifida Hudson 1778: 596
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1778). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum Britanniæ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopæorum. Tomus II. Editio altera, emendata et aucta.. pp. [i], 335-690. Londini [London]: impensis auctoris: prostant venales apud J. Nourse, in the Strand.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sphondylothamnion multifidum (Hudson) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in saxis et rupibus submarinis in comitatibus Hantoniensi et Dorsetsoemsi" [It inhabits rocks and submarine rocks in the counties of Hampshire and Dorset: south coast of England]; (Gordon 1972) Neotype (Torquay, Devon, England; designated by Gordon 1972: 48): E.A.L. Batters; August 1902; BM; (Gordon 1972: 48) Notes: Hudson's herbarium was mostly lost in a fire (Dixon 1963: 256).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cleft into many parts (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
