Gracilaria cervicornis (Turner) J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Gracilaria cervicornis (Turner) J.Agardh 1852: 592, 604
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus cervicornis Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "On the shores of the West Indies. Dr. Wright" [Jamaica]; (Lyra & al. 2016: 105) Holotype: Dr Wright; BM; 000936191 (Lyra & al. 2016: 1005) Notes: As Turner indicated only a single collection from the West Indies, the specimen in the BM is the holotype and it was incorrectly named as a "lectotype" by Lyra & al. (2016: 1005); the supposed lectotypification is invalid as the words "designated here" or an equivalent were not used (F. Pedroche, pers. comm.).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 April 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 November 2024