Ctenosiphonia hypnoides (Welwitsch) Falkenberg 1897
Current name:
Vertebrata hypnoides (Welwitsch) Kuntze
upper intertidal, North of Galicia, Spain, 2012Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Ctenosiphonia hypnoides (Welwitsch) Falkenberg 1897: 466
Published in: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ctenosiphonia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata hypnoides (Welwitsch) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Basionym
Polysiphonia hypnoides Welwitsch
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. supra rupes coralliniferas oceani atlantici prope Olyssiponam (Welwitsch!)." [on coralliniferous stones near Lisbon]; (Agardh 1863: 933) Holotype: LD; herb. alg. Agardh 39346 (Phycotheca Lusitana no. 292) (Díaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013: 331) Notes: Type locality: Arrábida, Portugal (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 2013).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the mosses, specifically the genus Hypnum (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
