Sphaerococcus griffithsiae (Turner) C.Agardh 1817
Current name:
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae. Diameter of carpotetrasporangial outgrowths approx. 300 µm. Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire - 08 January 2012. Francis Bunker
Publication Details
Sphaerococcus griffithsiae (Turner) C.Agardh 1817: xvi (as 'Griffithsiae')
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius.
Source of Synonymy
Martius, C.F.P. von (1833). Flora brasiliensis, seu, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia: tam sua sponte quam accedente cultura provenientium, quas in itinere auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis annis 1817-1820 peracto collegit, partim descripsit; alias a Maximiliano Seren. Principe Widensi, sellovio aliisque advectas addidit, communibus amicorum propriisque studiis secundum methodum naturalem dispositas et illustratas. Vol. I. Pars prior. Algae, lichenes, hepaticae exposuerunt Martius. Eschweilfr [sic]. Nees ab Esenbeck. pp. [i]-iv, [1]-390. Stuttgartiae & Tubingae [Stuttgart & Tübingen]: sumptibus J.G. Cottae.
Basionym
Fucus griffithsiae Turner
Type Information
Type locality: Chit Rocks, Sidmouth, Devon, England; (Turner 1802: pl. 37) Lectotype: BM-K; (Turner 1802: pl. 37) Notes: Devon (probably near Chit Rock, Sidmouth (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 219).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 January 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 February 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 November 2024
