Nemastoma vermiculare J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Nemastoma vermiculare J.Agardh 1851: 163
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nemastoma is Nemastoma dichotomum J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Calosiphonia vermicularis (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz.
Type Information
Type locality: In Mari Gaditano (= sea around the Strait of Gibraltar); (Berecibar et al. 2009: 220)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), worm-shaped, almost cylindrical and bent in places, marked with irregular waves or bent lines (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 March 2010
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 March 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
