Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh 1824

Publication Details
Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh 1824: 164

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

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Publication date: probably September 1824

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria.

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

Basionym
Conferva cirrosa Roth

Type Information
Type locality: "...de Wulfen ad mare Adriaticum" ; (Silva & al. 1996: 575) Lectotype (Tireste, Italy): Wulfe; WU; Coll. Wulfen 1261 (Athanasiadis 1996: 197) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Prud'homme van Reine (1982: 225). Womersley (1987: 166) gives the following data: Lectotype from Trieste Italy (Wulfen); neotype in WU.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tendrilled, ending in a narrow curled or wavy appendage (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024

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