Gelidium corneum var. ramellosum (Kützing) Harvey 1863
Publication Details
Gelidium corneum var. ramellosum (Kützing) Harvey 1863: xxxv
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Huismaniella ramellosa (Kützing) G.H.Boo & S.M.Boo.
Source of Synonymy
Boo, G.H., Nguyen, T.V., Kim, J.Y., Le Gall, L., Rico, J.M., Botallico, A. & Boo, S.M. (2016). A revised classification of the Gelidiellaceae (Rhodophyta) with descriptions of three new genera: Huismaniella, Millerella and Perronella. Taxon 65(5): 965-979, 6 figs.
Basionym
Acrocarpus ramellosus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "An Muschelschalen der Küste von Neuholland: Preiss!" [on mussel shells on the coast of New Holland = Western Australia]; (Kützing 1843: 405) Holotype: J.A.L.Preiss; L; 941, 11...11 [barcode 0055890] (Boo & al. 2016: 975) Notes: Santelices (2007: 295) notes that he has examined a fragment of type (UC No. 93568). Holotype in Leiden is ullustrated by Boo et al. (2016: fig. 2 A).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 May 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 26 June 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
