Zonaria rubra Greville 1827
Current name:
Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J.Agardh
Hawaii; surface cells; arrows indicate cells with crystalline inclusions; scale 50 µm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Zonaria rubra Greville 1827: 340, pl. 3: fig. 3
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1827). Some account of a collection of cryptogamic plants from the Ionian Islands. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 15: 335-348, 1 pl. [pl. 3].
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zonaria is Zonaria flava C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
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 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Information
Type locality: Ionian Islands, Greece; (Greville 1827: 340) Type: E?;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), red (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 August 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024