Gracilaria fastigiata J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Gracilaria fastigiata J.Agardh 1852: 600
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophyllis fastigiata (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Type Information
Type locality: Falkland Islands; (Silva & al. 1996: 897)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit (occasionally meaning branched reaching to the same height) (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 August 2006
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 August 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024