Champia vieillardii Kützing 1866

Publication Details
Champia vieillardii Kützing 1866: 14, pl. 37: figs e, f

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1866). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XVI pp. i-iii, 1-35, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Champia is Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Wagap, New Caledonia; (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 540) Holotype: Vieillard; 1863; L; 938,303-132 (barcode L 0055786) (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 540) Notes: Holotype: Vieillard # 2109. Silva et al. (1996: 348) note that the type locality is not specified (New Caledonia). The type locality New Caledonia was first recorded by Grunow (1874: 34). South & Skelton (2003: 731) give the following data: type locality: not specified (Western Australia fide Reedman & Womersley 1976: 77).

Eponomy
Named for Eugène Vieillard (1819-1896), a French naval surgeon and naturalist who collected in New Caledonia and Tahiti and was director of the Jardin Botanique de Caen.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 March 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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