Phycoseris rigida (C.Agardh) Kützing 1843

Publication Details
Phycoseris rigida (C.Agardh) Kützing 1843

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Phycoseris.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulva rigida C.Agardh.

Basionym
Ulva rigida C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Cádiz, Spain; (Silva & al. 1996: 750) Type: LD; herb. alg. Agardh, 14294 (Papenfuss 1960: 305) Notes: The syntype localities given in the original protologue were the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Seas, and the Cape of Good Hope. Papenfuss (1960: 305) lectotypified with a Cabrera specimen that has no locality information, but Papenfuss noted that Cabrera's material invariably came from Cádiz, Spain. Ricker (1987: 41), apparently in ignorance of Papenfuss's lectotypification, noted that a lectotype had been selected by R.B. Searles on 10 October 1975; it was a specimen from the Cape of Good Hope, but this lectotypification was not published. Womersley (1984: 144) gives the herbarium no. 14294, which is the Cabrera specimen from Cádiz, Spain.

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

Created: 16 May 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 June 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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