Chordaria paradoxa (Roth) Lyngbye 1819
Current name:
Spermatochnus paradoxus (Roth) Kützing
Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland; lower-shore pools - 11 August 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Chordaria paradoxa (Roth) Lyngbye 1819: 53, pl. 14 A
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
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chordaria is Chordaria flagelliformis (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spermatochnus paradoxus (Roth) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Basionym
Conferva paradoxa Roth
Type Information
Type locality: Kiels, Heiligenhafen; (Athanasiadis 1996: 161) Notes: Womersley (1987) gives the following data: Type from Kieler Bight, Germany; destroyed.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), paradoxical.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 16 October 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024