Gigartina obtusa Greville ex J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Gigartina obtusa Greville ex J.Agardh 1852: (1851-1863): 590
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria debilis (Forsskål) Børgesen.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oras Indiae orientalis" (India); (Silva & al. 1996: 163)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), obtuse, blunt (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 May 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 02 June 2010
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 June 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 November 2024
