Carpodesmia zosteroides (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Carpodesmia zosteroides (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: xxxiv

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ericaria zosteroides (C.Agardh) Molinari & Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2020). Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Notulae Algarum 172: 1-10, 2 figures.

Basionym
Cystoseira zosteroides C.Agardh

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the genus Zostera, a sea-grass.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 March 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 December 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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