Gelidium muricatum Endlicher 1843

Current name: Endocladia muricata (Endlicher) J.Agardh
Northern California; with cystocarps - 08 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Gelidium muricatum Endlicher 1843: 41

Published in: Endlicher, S.L. (1843). Mantissa botanica altera. Sistens genera plantarum supplementum tertium. pp. [vi], 111. Vienna: Fridericum Beck, Universitatis Bibliopola.

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Publication date: 1843

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Endocladia muricata (Endlicher) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1847). Nya alger från Mexico. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 4: 5-17.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered wiith short, hard points.

Created: 18 August 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 December 2015

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Nomenclatural note
As Gigartina muricata Postels & Ruprecht is later homonym of Gigartina muricata (S.G. Gmelin) J.V. Lamouroux, this is treated as a new name. - (18 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 December 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025