Ectocarpus mitchelliae Harvey 1851

Publication Details
Ectocarpus mitchelliae Harvey 1851: 142, pl. XII.G [12.G] (as 'Mitchelliae')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1851). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America. Part I. Melanospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(4): 1-150, pls I-XII.

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Publication date: 10 November-31 December 1851

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 Feldmannia mitchelliae (Harvey) H.-S.Kim.

Source of Synonymy
Kim, H.-S. (2010). Ectocarpaceae, Acinetopsoraceae, Chordariaceae. In: Algal flora of Korea. Volume 2, Number 1. Heterokontophyta: Phaeophyceae: Ectocarpales. Marine brown algae I. (Kim, H.-S. & Boo, S.-M. Eds), pp. [3]-137. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.

Type Information
Type locality: Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; (Silva & al. 1996: 568) Type: TCD; (Womersley 1987: 52)

Eponomy
Named for Miss A. Mitchell, an American collector from Cape Cod who sent seaweeds to W.H. Harvey.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 December 2024

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