Catenella opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville 1830
Current name:
Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; turf at MHWN - 26 January 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Catenella opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville 1830: lxiii, 166
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.
Request PDFPublication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Catenella.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine.
Source of Synonymy
Parke, M. & Dixon, P.S. (1976). Check-list of British marine algae - third revision. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 527-594.
Basionym
Fucus opuntia Goodenough & Woodward
Type Information
Type locality: Tenby, Pembroke, Wales; (Silva & al. 1996: 281)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 January 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
