Chorda lomentaria Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Chorda lomentaria Lyngbye 1819: 74, pl. 18 E

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
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chorda is Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link.

Source of Synonymy
Link, H.F. (1833). Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Dritter Theil. pp. i-xviii, 1-536. Berlin: Haude & Spener.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Habitat in infimo refluxus limite ad littora Faeroensia, ut a Qvivig, copiosa. Ad Hammerhuus Bornholmiae" [Quivig, Faeroe Islands and Bornholm, Denmark]; (Lyngbye 1819: 74) Lectotype (designated by Womersley, 1987: 295, Faroe Islands).: C; (Womersley 1987: 295)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), of or pertaining to lomentum, or of a loment.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 October 1998 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 16 November 2024

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