Enteromorpha ralfsii Harvey 1851
Publication Details
Enteromorpha ralfsii Harvey 1851: pl. CCLXXXII
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1851). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. text with plates, pls CCCXXIX-CCCLX [319-360]. London: Reeve & Benham.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Enteromorpha is Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulva ralfsii (Harvey) Le Jolis.
Source of Synonymy
Hayden, H.S., Blomster, J., Maggs, C.A., Silva, P.C., Stanhope, M.J. & Waaland, J.R. (2003). Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. European Journal of Phycology 38(3): 277-294, 4 figs, 5 tables.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Bangor, North Wales; (Silva & al. 1996: 739) Lectotype: Harvey (1851: pl. CCLXXXII) (epitype) J. Ralfs; (Hayden & al. 2003: 290) Notes: According to Womersley (1984: 154) the type is from Bangor, N. Wales. Bliding (1963: 45) reports that there were no types in TCD; Hayden et al. (2003) found no types in BM and selected as lectotype the illustration mentioned above.
Created: 06 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 May 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 May 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
