Capillaria wiggii (Turner) Stackhouse 1809

Publication Details
Capillaria wiggii (Turner) Stackhouse 1809: 88

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Capillaria is Capillaria hudsonii Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Naccaria wiggii (Turner) Endlicher ex J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
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.

Basionym
Fucus wiggii Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; Type: BM;

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 April 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 April 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 December 2024

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