Corallopsis dichotoma Ruprecht, nom. inval. 1850
Publication Details
Corallopsis dichotoma Ruprecht, nom. inval. 1850: 126 (318)
Published in: Ruprecht, F.J. (1850). Algae ochotenses. Die ersten sicheren Nachrichten über die Tange des Ochotskischen Meeres. pp. 1-243, 10 pls. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Corallopsis is Corallopsis salicornia (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria salicornia (C.Agardh) E.Y.Dawson.
Source of Synonymy
Yoshida, T. (1998). Marine algae of Japan. pp. [1]-25, [1]-1222. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing Co., Ltd. [in Japanese]
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 March 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 November 2021
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Nomenclatural note
Yoshida (1997: 288) refers to Corallopsis dichotoma Ruprecht, 1851. However, Ruprecht merely refers to a specimen he saw: "Das Original befindet sich im Herb, von Chamisso. Die Fundorte seiner Seepflanzen sind nicht genug sorgfältig nolirt worden. Chamisso bezweifelte selbst, dass er seinen S. papillatus aus Owahu und Corallopsis dichotoma aus Unalaschka mitbrachte, wie ich jetzt sehe. Ich halte Ross in Californien, woher ich ganz ähnliche, neuere Exemplare sah, für das Vaterland der ersteren Art; Corallopsis stammt eher aus tropischen Gegenden" [The original is in Herb, by Chamisso. The places where its sea plants were found have not been carefully nourished. Chamisso himself doubted that he brought his S. papillatus from Owahu and Corallopsis dichotoma from Unalaschka, as I now see. I consider Ross in California, from where I saw quite similar, newer specimens, to be the fatherland of the former kind; Corallopsis is more likely to come from tropical regions.], and did not publish such a name. - (15 November 2021) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025
