Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1797
Current name:
Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse
Inishbofin, Co. Galway, Ireland; shallow subtidal - 25 July 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1797: xxiv, 40, pl. X [10]
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1797). Nereis britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis britannicis crescentium: descriptione latine et anglico, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis... Fasc. 2. pp. ix-xxiv, 31-70, pls IX-XIII. Bathoniae [Bath] & Londini [London]: S. Hazard; J. White.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Chorda.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus filum Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: "in Oceano Atlantico"; (Athanasiadis 1996: 207)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), a thread (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 November 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024