Cladophora cornea (Kützing) Kützing
Publication Details
Cladophora cornea (Kützing) Kützing
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrocladus echinus (Biasoletto) Boedeker.
Source of Synonymy
Boedeker, C., Leliaert, F. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Cladophoraceae (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae) with the resurrection of Acrocladus Nägeli and Willeella Børgesen, and the description of Lurbica gen. nov. and Pseudorhizoclonium gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 52(6): 905-928.
Basionym
Aegagropila cornea Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "Am Lido di Palestrina bei Venedig;! 16. Mai 1835." [Venice, Italy]; (Kützing 1843: 273) Type: L; 937/278/394 (Hoek 1963: 47)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 January 2017
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 September 2024
