Ectocarpus crinitus Carmichael 1833

Current name: Acinetospora crinita (Carmichael) Sauvageau
Strait of Messina, Italy; monospores; one showing bipolar germination Eric Henry (eric@reedmariculture.com)

Publication Details
Ectocarpus crinitus Carmichael 1833: 326

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acinetospora crinita (Carmichael) Sauvageau.

Source of Synonymy
Sauvageau, C. (1899). Les Acinetospora et la sexualité des Tiloptéridacées. Journal de Botanique, Morot 13: 107-127.

Type Information
Type locality: Appin, Scotland; (Womersley 1987: 46) Type: BM; (Womersley 1987: 46)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), having tufts of long weak hairs (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 October 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Ectocarpus crinitus is commonly accredited to Carmichael ex Harvey. But, since Harvey in Hooker (1833: 326) reported some of Carmichael'’s descriptions in quotation marks, it should be accredited to Carmichael (Furnari et al., 1999). Womersley (1987) cites the authority for this species as Carmichael ex Harvey. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025