Sphacelaria spinulosa Lyngbye 1819
Publication Details
Sphacelaria spinulosa Lyngbye 1819: 106, pl. 32 B
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.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Stypocaulon scoparium (Linnaeus) Kützing.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spinulose (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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Distributional note
It is possible the unattached specimens, designated as S. spinulosa by Lyngbye, belong to Stypocaulon durum (Ruprecht) Okamura (1902) from the NW Pacific, Atlantic Canada and ? Baltic (Prud’homme van Reine, 1993: 154). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2025
