Asperococcus sinuosus (Mertens ex Roth) Bory 1832

Publication Details
Asperococcus sinuosus (Mertens ex Roth) Bory 1832: 326

Published in: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1832). Hydrophytes. In: Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III. 2e partie. Botanique, pp. 1-367 [368]. (Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M Eds), pp. 316-337. Paris & Strabourg: Chez F. G. Levrault, imprimeur-libraire, rue de la Harpe, n.º 81; même maison, rue des Juifs, n.º 33 (Strasbourg, imprimerie de Levrault).

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Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier.

Basionym
Ulva sinuosa Mertens ex Roth

Type Information
Type locality: "Inter Algas e mari Atlantico prope Gades" [near Cádiz, Spain]; (Roth 1806: 327) Type: Mertens; BM; (Yoshida 1998: 306) Notes: Type locality: “Gades”, Spain. Type: BM (Yoshida, T., 1998: 306). Type material: B, destroyed (Dawson et al. 1964: 24), K (now BM)? PC? LE? See Parsons (1982: 293) for comments on type material.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very sinuate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 April 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 April 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 November 2024

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