Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819: 131, pl. 43 B, C

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
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus.

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

Basionym
Conferva siliculosa Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: Cromer in Norfolk and Hastings in East Sussex, England; (Dillwyn 1809: 69) Syntypes: NMW?; (Ricker 1987: 70) Notes: Womersley (1987) gives the type as being in BM-K. Ricker (1987: 70) "TYPE: not located but possibly in NMW (see Dixon, 1966)."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024

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