Echinocaulon ramelliferum (Kützing) Kützing 1868
Publication Details
Echinocaulon ramelliferum (Kützing) Kützing 1868: 14, pl. 39: figs d-f
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1868). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XVIII pp. [i-iii], 1-35, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Echinocaulon is Echinocaulon rigidum (M.Vahl) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gelidiella acerosa (Forsskål) Feldmann & Hamel.
Source of Synonymy
Millar, A.J.K. & Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. (2005). Marine benthic macroalgae collected by Vieillard from New Caledonia and described as new species by Kützing. Phycologia 44: 536-549.
Basionym
Gelidium ramelliferum Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Baláde, New caledonia; (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 541) Holotype: Vieillard; L; 941,11-63 (barcode L 0055886) (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 541) Notes: Holotype #2061. Millar & Prud'homme van Reine (2005: 541) note that Kützing (1868: 14) specifically cited the Vieillard sheet # 2061 and this is the same specimen as used by him to prepare fig. 39d, e. It is thus the holotype. See also type data for Echinocaulon ramelliferum (Kützing) Kützing.
Created: 21 February 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 May 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 May 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
