Ectocarpus confervoides f. pygmaeus (Areschoug) Kjellman 1890
Publication Details
Ectocarpus confervoides f. pygmaeus (Areschoug) Kjellman 1890: 77
Published in: Kjellman, F.R. (1890). Handbok i Skandinaviens hafsalgflora. I. Fucoideae. pp. [i]- vi, 1-103, 17 figs. Stockholm: Oscar L. Lamms Förlag.
Request PDFType 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 Ectocarpus siliculosus var. pygmaeus (J.E.Areschoug) Gallardo.
Source of Synonymy
Gallardo, T. (1992). Nomenclatural notes on some Mediterranean algae, I: Phaeophyceae. Taxon 41: 324-326.
Basionym
Ectocarpus pygmaeus J.E.Areschoug
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: Grebbestad; (Kjellman 1872: 85)
Origin of Species Name
Compound (Latin), resembling the genus Conferva.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 July 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024
