Sphaerococcus confervoides (Hudson) C.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1817
Current name:
Rhodomela confervoides (Hudson) P.C.Silva
Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland - 10 January 0001. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Sphaerococcus confervoides (Hudson) C.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1817: 33
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodomela confervoides (Hudson) P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.
Basionym
Fucus confervoides Hudson
Type Information
"Habitat in littore Eboracensi"; (INA 1996) Notes:
Origin of Species Name
Compound (Latin), resembling the genus Conferva.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 01 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
