Scytosiphon filum var. fistulosus (Hudson) C.Agardh 1820
Current name:
Asperococcus fistulosus (Hudson) W.J.Hooker
Muigh Inis, Co. Galway; intertidal lagoon - 13 July 2018. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Scytosiphon filum var. fistulosus (Hudson) C.Agardh 1820: 163
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1820 '1821'). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
Publication date: probably Jan-April 1820
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scytosiphon is Scytosiphon filum var. lomentaria (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Asperococcus fistulosus (Hudson) W.J.Hooker.
Source of Synonymy
[Hooker, W.J.] (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 250-259. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.
Basionym
Ulva fistulosa Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: England; (Womersley 1987: 322)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), a thread (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 October 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024