Cystoseira nodicaulis (Withering) M.Roberts 1967

Publication Details
Cystoseira nodicaulis (Withering) M.Roberts 1967: 349

Published in: Roberts, M. (1967). Studies on marine algae of the British Isles 3. The genus Cystoseira. British Phycological Bulletin 3: 345-366.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gongolaria nodicaulis (Withering) Molinari & Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2020). Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Notulae Algarum 172: 1-10, 2 figures.

Basionym
Fucus nodicaulis Withering

Type Information
Syntype localities: "On the coast of Cornwall; at Penzance and Acton Castle" [England]; (Withering 1796: 111)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 November 2024

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Taxonomic note
For many years this entity was known as Cystoseira granulata C. Agardh, a quite different entity as to type (q.v.). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 March 2025

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