Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss, nom. rejic. 1950

Publication Details
Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss, nom. rejic. 1950: 195

Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1950). Review of the genera of algae described by Stackhouse. Hydrobiologia 2(3): 181-208.

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Publication date: 15 Feb 1950

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 Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham.

Source of Synonymy
Irvine, L. & Steentoft, M. (1995). Proposal to reject the name Fucus verrucosa Huds. (Rhodophyta). Taxon 44: 223-224.

Basionym
Fucus verrucosus Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in littoribus marinis passim ["Dwells on the shores of the sea in all directions" England]; (Hudson 1762: 470) Notes: Lectotype: Hudson’s description, in the absence of material was initially proposed by Dixon & Irvine (1977: 210) and then supplanted by a specimens in Dillenius's herbarium No. 50 (OXF).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), warty (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 September 2022

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Nomenclatural note
This is a "nomen utique rejicienda", or supressed name, rejected under Art. 53, ICN. - (20 October 2015) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic notes
Xia & Yamamoto (1985: 69) place G. verrucosa in quotes since it was shown, at the Guam workshop (1984), that while the Japanese and Chinese specimens under this name are similar, they are not identical with the British species. Young Meng Chiang (1985: 81) notes that Taiwan specimens identified as "G. verrucosa" differed from both the British specimens and from the Chinese and Japanese material. Lee, Kim & Boo (1995: 213) note that Korean plants of this species differed from British specimens and from Chinese and Japanese plants. Terada & Yamamoto (2002:216, 222) cites Gracilaria verrucosa of Japanese authors as a synonym of G. vermiculophylla. They also note that G. verrucosa has been reported from various regions of the northwestern Pacific but several of the reported specimens were transferred to other species or were described as new species. Abbott (1995: 188) notes that previous Chinese specimens have been relegated to G. asiatica Zhang & Xia or G. tenuistipitata var. liu Zhang & Xia, the latter from Taiwan as well, some of Japanese specimens have been placed in G. vermiculophylla Ohmi and plants from American Pacific coast are now named G. pacifica Abbott. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
According to Silva et al. (1996: 179), the name Sphaerococcus confervoides has been misapplied to this species by G. Martens (1868: 94-95; 1871b: 468) and Theobald (1883: 29). South & Skelton (2003) cite this as an accepted species. See: Yang & Chiang 1982. Taxonomical study on the Gracilaria from Taiwan. J. Fish. Soc. Taiwan 9: 55-71 (in Chinese); Abbott et al. (1985: 67). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Specimens reported as Fucus verrucosus, Fucus confervoides, Gracilaria verrucosa and Gracilaria confervoides - in fact, all terete Gracilaria - from the NE Atlantic and elsewhere require individual examination to determine whether they belong to Gracilaria or Gracilariopsis, and then a decision as to which species is in question. - (18 September 2010) - M.D. Guiry

Distributional note
Fiji record needs to be verified (South & Skelton, 2003). "G. verrucosa" has been reported from China & Japan by Bangmei & Yamamoto (1985), Taiwan by Young Meng Chiang (1995), Korea by Lee, Kim & Boo (1995) but these are all different from the British specimens of this species. Norris (1985:113) records G. "verrucosa" for British West Indies. Norris (1985: 133) records G. verrucosa sensu Dawson 1961a for the Gulf of California. Philippines record of Gracilaria "verrucosa" based on illustrations of specimens brought to Guam workshop by Doty (Abbott, 1985). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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