Chloronitum proliferum (Roth) Gallion 1828
Current name:
Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kützing
ball-form from Stjuža lagoon of Strunjan, Slovenia (Gulf of Trieste, North Adriatic) - 06 September 2021. Claudio Battelli (claudio.battelli@guest.arnes.si)
Publication Details
Chloronitum proliferum (Roth) Gallion 1828: 390
Published in: Gaillon, B. (1828). Résumé méthodique des classifications des Thalassiophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 53: 350-406, 3 tables.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chloronitum is Chloronitum aerea (Dillwyn) Gaillon.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Basionym
Conferva prolifera Roth
Type Information
Type locality: "in mare Corsicam"; (Roth 1797: 183) Neotype [Trieste, Adriatic Sea; designated Hoek 1963: 208]: L; 937.264.23 (Hoek 1963: 208) Notes: The type is seemingly lost (Womersley 1984).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 June 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 02 May 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
