Griffithsia devoniensis Harvey 1846
Publication Details
Griffithsia devoniensis Harvey 1846: pl. XVI [16]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1846). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. Text with plates, pls I-LXXVIII. London: Reeve & Benham.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Salcombe, Devon, England; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 187) Lectotype: Wyatt; September 1840; BM-K; Syntypes: TCD. (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 187)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), living in Devon, a county shire in south-western England.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 November 2023
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Distributional note
"This species was first cited with no comment from the Mediterranean Sea (North of Island of Cyprus) in an "updated" catalogue of both freshwater and marine algae of Turkey by Cirik et al. (2000: 35). Ta%u015Fk%u0131n et al. (2019: 558, in Turkish) had previously quoted it from the Marmara Sea with the following comment: "Türkiye ve Akdeniz'deki varl%u0131%u011F%u0131 do%u011Frulanmal%u0131d%u0131r." [= its presence in Turkey and in the Mediterranean Sea should be verified]. Therefore, in absence of an adequate documentation, the species is here considered as a taxon excludendum from the Mediterranean Sea." (cormaci & al. 2023: 389-90). - (24 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
