Anotrichium furcellatum (J.Agardh) Baldock 1976

Publication Details
Anotrichium furcellatum (J.Agardh) Baldock 1976: 560

Published in: Baldock, R.N. (1976). The Griffithsieae group of the Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyta) and its southern Australian representatives. Australian Journal of Botany 24: 509-593, 92 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anotrichium is Anotrichium barbatum (C.Agardh) Nägeli.

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

Basionym
Griffithsia furcellata J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Propre Amalfi regni Neapolitani (near Amalfi, Napoli, Italy); (Agardh 1842: 76)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), forked; having a small notch at apex (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 February 2024

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Nomenclatural note
"Anotrichium okamurae Baldock nom. novum. When Baldock (1976: 560) transferred Monospora tenuis Okamura (1934: 26), a species dscribed from from the Gulf of Hiroshima (Japan), to the genus Anotrichium, he proposed A. okamurae nom. novum due to the existence of A. tenue (see below). Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 181) proposed, with doubt, its synonymy with A. furcellatum; Kim & Lee (2012: 23) confirmed such a synonymy stating that: "...However, A. okamurae is not distinguished from this species [A. furcellatum] based on any morphological characters and cell size.". Verlaque et al. (2015: 242- 243), although recognized that A. okamurae was "...morphologically undistinguishable from the mediterranean A. furcellatum...", concluded that it was better to maintain A. okamurae as a distinct species. Pending further studies, we here follow M.D. Guiry in Guiry & Guiry (2023) in considering A. okamurae as a heterotypic synonym of A. furcellatum." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 383). - (23 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Griffithsia arachnoidea C. Agardh as a synonym of this species. Furnari et al. (2003) note that “Grifithsia arachnoidea C. Agardh is commonly considered as synonym of A. furcellatum. However, as pointed out by Maggs & Hommesand (1993), G. arachnoidea was based on two specimens, the one referable to Halurus flosculosus, the other (difficult to identify) not referable to A. furcillatum.” - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
This species was introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 243, as Anotrichium okamurae), perhaps by shipping; the initial point of introduction is unkown. It is now widely distributed in the Mediterranean. - (06 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2025

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