Conferva floccosa O.F.Müller 1780

Publication Details
Conferva floccosa O.F.Müller 1780: pl. DCCCXXVIII [828], fig. 1 [3 plants]

Published in: Müller, O.F. (1780). Flora danica [fünfter band, fasciculus decimens quartus]. Vol. 5 pp. 8, pls DCCLXXXI-DCCCXL [781-840]. Copenhagen: Martin Hallanger.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Antithamnionella floccosa (O.F.Müller) Whittick.

Source of Synonymy
Whittick, A. (1980). Antithamnionella floccosa (O. F. Müll.) nov. comb.: a taxonomic re-appraisal of Antithamnion floccosum (O. F. Müll.) Kleen (Rhodophyta: Ceramiaceae). Phycologia 19: 74-79, 12 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: "De Norske fjorde" [Norwesgian fjord]; (Müller 1780: pl. 828) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 14) Notes: Lectotype: illustration in Flora danica (O.F. Müller 1780, pl. 828, fig. 1) selected by Athanasiadis in Maggs and Hommersand (1993: 14).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), woolly.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 October 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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