Ectocarpus tomentosus (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Ectocarpus tomentosus (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819: 132, pl. 44: fig. A

Published in: 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.

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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 Spongonema tomentosum (Hudson) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

Basionym
Conferva tomentosa Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in fossis et littoribus marinis passim." [It lives here and there in ditches and on the shores of the sea. England]; (Hudson 1762: 480)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tomentose, i.e., thickly and evenly covered with short more or less adpressed curled or curved matted hairs (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2009

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 December 2024

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