Halosaccion hydrophorum (Postels & Ruprecht) Kützing 1843

Publication Details
Halosaccion hydrophorum (Postels & Ruprecht) Kützing 1843: 439 (as 'Hydrophora')

Published in: 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.

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Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Halosaccion.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halosaccion glandiforme (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht.

Source of Synonymy
Selivanova, O. (2016). The order Palmariales (Rhodophyta) in the North Pacific area of Russia: taxonomic revision of Halosaccion Kützing and Devaleraea Guiry. Annual Research & Review in Biology 10(5): 1-14, 4 figs.

Basionym
Dumontia hydrophora Postels & Ruprecht

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Ad Kamatschatkain conchis et saxis; etiam ad insulam Sachalin sec. Tilesius" [Kamchatka, Russian Far East]; (Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 19)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 April 2023

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Nomenclatural note
"'Ulva glandiformis Gmelin propabiliter'. The authors do not provide the derivation of the epithet and the typography is not definitive; that it probably does not refer to a generic name (e.g., Hydrophora Tode 1791 or Hydrophora Parrot 1836), is inferrable from Ruprecht (Alg. Ochotensis 1840: 91) who, when considering Halosaccion glandiforme and Dumontia hydrophora, wrote "Der Inhalt der Säcke ist entweder Luft, oder Seewasser, oder Sand; so dass hier drei Zustände (aërophora, hydrophora und ammophora) unterschieden werden könnten" [The contents of the sacks are either air, or seawater, or sand; so that here three states (aërophora, hydrophora and ammophora) could be distinguished"]. Kützing, on transferring the species to Halosaccion, indicated by capitalizing the epithet that he considered it a noun in apposition and retained the original spelling. Nevertheless, Postels & Ruprecht seemed to regard the epithet as an adjective.]" [INA] - (09 April 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025