Wrangelia argus (Montagne) Montagne 1856

Publication Details
Wrangelia argus (Montagne) Montagne 1856: 444

Published in: Montagne, C. (1856). Sylloge generum specierumque cryptogamarum quas in variis operibus descriptas iconobusque illustratas, nunc ad diagnosim reductas, nonnullasque novas interjectas, ordine systematijco disposuit. pp. [i]-xxiv, [1]-498. Parisiis [Paris] & Londini [London]: sumptibus J.-B. Baillière...; H. Baillière....

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Wrangelia is Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Griffithsia argus Montagne

Type Information
Type locality: Roque de Gando, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias; (Afonso Carrillo & Sansón 1999: 159) Type: PC; (Afonso Carrillo & Sansón 1999: 159)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latinised), Latinised form of the Greek, argos, white; the hundred-eyed keeper of Io, killed by Mercury at the command of Jupiter (Smith & Lockwood 1933).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 January 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Børgesen (1945: 18) cites this species as Wrangelia argus Montagne. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Wrangelia plebeya J. Agardh as a synonym of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025

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