Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819
Current name:
Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland;with Asterias rubens at low water - 22 March 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye 1819: 101, pl. 30
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.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Lomentaria.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ulva articulata Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: Cornwall, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 350) Lectotype: original description (Hudson, 1772) in the absence of material (Dixon & Irvine 1977)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), articulated, jointed (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Soft, cylindrical, crimson to brownish red fronds, to 200 mm (usually much shorter). Much branched, axes constricted into bead-like portions, ramuli at nodes, often whorled. Base of creeping rhizoidal filaments.
Habitat
On rocks and stones in pools, lower intertidal and subtidal, generally distributed, frequent.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 August 2021
Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.
Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=137
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024