Gracilaria repens (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1842

Publication Details
Gracilaria repens (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1842: 152

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. pp. [i]-x, 1-164. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Fortin, Masson et Cie.

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Publication date: 9 April 1842

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloiocladia repens (C.Agardh) N.Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto.

Source of Synonymy
Rodríguez-Prieto, C., Freshwater, D. W. & Sánchez, N. (2007). Vegetative and reproductive morphology of Gloiocladia repens (C. Agardh) Sánchez et Rodríguez-Prieto comb. nov. (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta), with a taxonomic re-assessment of the genera Fauchea and Gloiocladia. European Journal of Phycology 42(2): 145-162, 38 Figs, 3 Tables.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus repens C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: near Cádiz, Spain; (Silva & al. 1996: 360) Lectotype: LD; 25705 (Rodríguez-Prieto, Freshwater & Sánchez 2007: 146)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 January 2003 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 23 November 2007

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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