Gelidium micropterum Kützing 1868
Current name:
Gelidium micropterum Kützing
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal with Garden Limpet (Pear Limpet) and Spongites yendoi with young on its back - 21 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gelidium micropterum Kützing 1868: 21, pl. 59: figs c-g
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1868). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XVIII pp. [i-iii], 1-35, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: C.b.sp. [Caput bonae spei: Cape of Good Hope]; (Kützing 1868: 21) Type: L;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 June 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 June 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
