Ectocarpus confervoides var. siliculosus (Dillwyn) Farlow 1881

Publication Details
Ectocarpus confervoides var. siliculosus (Dillwyn) Farlow 1881: 71

Published in: Farlow, W.G. (1881 '1882'). The marine algae of New England. In: Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1879. ( Eds), pp. 1-210. Washington:

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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 Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Source of Synonymy
Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

Basionym
Conferva siliculosa Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: Cromer in Norfolk and Hastings in East Sussex, England; (Dillwyn 1809: 69) Syntypes: NMW?; (Ricker 1987: 70) Notes: Womersley (1987) gives the type as being in BM-K. Ricker (1987: 70) "TYPE: not located but possibly in NMW (see Dixon, 1966)."

Origin of Species Name
Compound (Latin), resembling the genus Conferva.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 March 2009 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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