Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Magnus 1873

Publication Details
Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Magnus 1873: 72

Published in: Magnus, P. (1873). Ueber die botanische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Pommerania vom 16. Juni bis 2 August 1871. In: Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 181. I Jahrgang. (Meyer, H.A., Möbius, K., Karsten, G. & Hensen, V. Eds), pp. 65-83. Berlin: Verlag von Wiegandt & Hempel.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spermothamnion is Spermothamnion turneri (Mertens ex Roth) Areschoug.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva repens Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: "In the Sea parasitical on Fuci, [Great] Yarmouth [Norfolk] and Dover [Kent]" [England]; (Dillwyn 1802: pl. 18) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 139) Notes: England, unlocalized (Maggs & hommersand, 1993: 139).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 December 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024

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