Sphaerococcus confervoides (Hudson) C.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1817

Current name: Rhodomela confervoides (Hudson) P.C.Silva
microscope, transverse section at the base, Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain, 2009Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Sphaerococcus confervoides (Hudson) C.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1817: 33

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodomela confervoides (Hudson) P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.

Basionym
Fucus confervoides Hudson

Type Information
"Habitat in littore Eboracensi"; (INA 1996) Notes:

Origin of Species Name
Compound (Latin), resembling the genus Conferva.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 01 August 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: not Sphaerococcus confervoides (Linnaeus) Stackhouse, 1797. - (01 August 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025