Gigartina isiformis (C.Agardh) Greville 1830
Current name:
Eucheumatopsis isiformis (C.Agardh) Núñez-Resendiz, Dreckmann & Sentíes
recolectada en la zona Habana -Matanzas. Excicata identificada por Rubén Cabrera. Foto: Yusimí Alfonso.
Publication Details
Gigartina isiformis (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: lix
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Request PDFPublication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Eucheumatopsis isiformis (C.Agardh) Núñez-Resendiz, Dreckmann & Sentíes.
Source of Synonymy
Núnez-Resendiz, M., Dreckmann, K.M., Sentíes, A., Wynne, M.J. & León-Tejera, H.P. (2019). Eucheumatopsis isiformis gen & comb. nov. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Yukatan Peninsula, to accommodate Eucheuma isiforme. Phycologia 58(1): 51-62.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus isiformis C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: West Indies; (Silva & al. 1996: 901) Holotype: Lund; 34654 (Doty 1988: 181) Notes: Holotype: Aspegren specimen in Lund No. 34654. Cheney (1988: 212) notes that there is an isotype (S).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 May 2003 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 10 May 2019
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2025
