Corallopsis salicornia (C.Agardh) Greville 1830
Current name:
Gracilaria salicornia (C.Agardh) E.Y.Dawson
Mwbeni, Zanzibar - 05 April 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Corallopsis salicornia (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: liii
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.
Publication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Corallopsis.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria salicornia (C.Agardh) E.Y.Dawson.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus salicornia C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "ad litora Unalaschkae" [probably Manila, Philippine Islands fide Dawson 1954a: 4]; (Silva & al. 1996: 175) Notes: According to South & Skelton (2003), the type locality is "ad litora Unalaschkae', probably Manila, Philippine Islands fide Dawson 1954a: 2. According to Millar & Xia (1997), the type locality is Manila Harbor, Philippines. According to Abbott (1994: 117), the type locality is Manila Bay (although reported as being from Alaska because of a mix-up of labels).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 January 2006
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 January 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024