Ectocarpus mertensii (Turner) C.Agardh 1828

Publication Details
Ectocarpus mertensii (Turner) C.Agardh 1828: 47

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].

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Publication date: Sept-Dec 1828

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tilopteris mertensii (Turner) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

Basionym
Conferva mertensii Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Yarmouth [Norfolk, England]; (INA 1996) Type: Mr. Wigg; BM;

Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), named for Dr Mertens

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 November 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024

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