Griffithsia argus Montagne 1841

Publication Details
Griffithsia argus Montagne 1841: 176, pl. 8: fig. 4

Published in: Montagne, C. (1841). Familia III. Phyceae. Fries. In: Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome Troisème. Duexième Partie. Phytographia canariensis. Section ultima. Plantae cellulares. DC.. (Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. Eds) Vol. 3, pp. 132-198 [Index 195-208]. Paris: Béthune, Éditeur, rue de Vaugirard, 36.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Wrangelia argus (Montagne) Montagne.

Source of Synonymy
Montagne, C. (1856). Sylloge generum specierumque cryptogamarum quas in variis operibus descriptas iconobusque illustratas, nunc ad diagnosim reductas, nonnullasque novas interjectas, ordine systematijco disposuit. pp. [i]-xxiv, [1]-498. Parisiis [Paris] & Londini [London]: sumptibus J.-B. Baillière...; H. Baillière....

Type Information
Type locality: Roque de Gando, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias; (Afonso Carrillo & Sansón 1999: 159) Type: PC; (Afonso Carrillo & Sansón 1999: 159)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latinised), Latinised form of the Greek, argos, white; the hundred-eyed keeper of Io, killed by Mercury at the command of Jupiter (Smith & Lockwood 1933).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 February 2008

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 February 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 November 2024

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