Gastroclonium ovatum (Hudson) Papenfuss 1944

Publication Details
Gastroclonium ovatum (Hudson) Papenfuss 1944: 344

Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1944). Notes on algal nomenclature. III. Miscellaneous species of Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae. Farlowia 1(3): 337-346.

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Publication date: "January, 1944"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gastroclonium is Gastroclonium ovale Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus ovatus Hudson

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ovate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Cylindrical cartilaginous fronds, brownish red to pale olive-green (in sunny habitats), to 250 mm high. Main axis not consricted, solid, irregularly branched, ends of brachlets with soft, crowded, ovoid ramuli, themselves occasionally bearing ramuli and filled with a watery mucilage. Attached by branching rhizoidal filaments.

Habitat
On rocks and stones in pools, lower intertidal and shallow subtidal, common, widely distributed.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 November 2008

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 November 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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