Sphaerococcus laciniatus (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819
Current name:
Metacallophyllis laciniata (Hudson) A.Vergés & L.Le Gall
microscope, Spain, Galicia, A Coruña, Punta Gaboteira, 2001; thallus sectionIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Sphaerococcus laciniatus (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819: 12
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metacallophyllis laciniata (Hudson) A.Vergés & L.Le Gall.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W., Huisman, J.M., Vergés, A., Kraft, G.T. & Le Gall, L. (2017). Phylogenetic analyses support recognition of ten new genera, ten new species and 16 new combinations in the family Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 38(2): 79-132, 126 figs.
Basionym
Fucus laciniatus Hudson
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), slashed into narrow divisions with tapering, pointed incisions (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 17 June 2017
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Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by C. Agardh, 1817, with the same Basionym and Current Name (INA). - (22 May 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Cite this record as:
Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
