Callophyllis laciniata (Hudson) Kützing 1843
Current name:
Metacallophyllis laciniata (Hudson) A.Vergés & L.Le Gall
microscope, TS thallus showing large medullary cells and cortex of coloured cells; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Betanzos, 2006Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Callophyllis laciniata (Hudson) Kützing 1843: 401
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callophyllis is Callophyllis variegata (Bory) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metacallophyllis laciniata (Hudson) A.Vergés & L.Le Gall.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W., Huisman, J.M., Vergés, A., Kraft, G.T. & Le Gall, L. (2017). Phylogenetic analyses support recognition of ten new genera, ten new species and 16 new combinations in the family Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 38(2): 79-132, 126 figs.
Basionym
Fucus laciniatus Hudson
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), slashed into narrow divisions with tapering, pointed incisions (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thick, flattened, subcartilaginous, ± palmate, deep crimson fronds, to 200 mm high, with short wedge-shaped stipe from small discoid base. Frond ± deeply cleft into wedge-shaped segments, themselves divided subdichotomously, apices rounded, margins smooth or fringed with minute proliferations.
Habitat
On rock or Laminaria hyperborea holdfasts, shady pools of lower intertidal or subtidal, common, widely distributed.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 February 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
