Corallina sagittata J.V.Lamouroux 1824

Current name: Jania sagittata (J.V.Lamouroux) Blainville
South AfricaRobert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za)

Publication Details
Corallina sagittata J.V.Lamouroux 1824: 215

Published in: Lamouroux, [J.V.F.], Bory de Saint-Vincent, [J.B.] & Eud[es]-Deslongchamps, [J.A.] (1824). Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux Rayonnés. pp. i-viii, 1-376. Paris: Chez Mme veuve Agasse, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue dos Poitevins, no. 6.

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Publication date: 17 July 1824

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Jania sagittata (J.V.Lamouroux) Blainville.

Source of Synonymy
Blainville, H.M.D. de (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie, contenant 1.° Une histoire abrégée de cette partie de la zoologie, avec des considérations générales sur l'anatomie, la physiologie, les moeurs, les habitudes et les usages des Actinozoaires; 2.° Un système général d'Actinologie, tiré à la fois des animaux et de leurs parties solides ou polypiers; 3.° Un catalogue des principaux auteurs qui ont écrit sur ce sujet. Avec un atlas de 100 planches représentant une espèce de chaque genre et sous-genre. pp. [i]-viii, [1]-694, [i, err.], Atlas: 103 copper engravings by Prêtre ("pinxit"), Turpin ("direxit") and Massard ("sculpsit"). Paris & Strasbourg: F.G. Levrault.

Type Information
Type locality: "...l'Île-de-France" [Mauritius]; (Lamouroux, Bory de Saint-Vincent & Eudes-Deslongchamps 1824: 215) Holotype: collector unknown; 1817-1820; CN; herb. Lamouroux sine numero (Woelkerling & de Reviers, 2008: 305, fig. 2) Notes: Holotype is illustrated in Woelkerling & de Reviers (2008: fig. 2).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), saggitate, shaped like an arrow-head with two equal sharp basal lobes directed downwards (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 February 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Woelkerling & De Reviers (2008: 304) concluded that "Lamouroux based Corallina sagittata on material from ''!'!le-de -France" (= Mauritius). The protologue is commonly cited (e.g. Johansen, 1977: 178, Silva et al., 1996: 229, Kim et al., 2007: 1317) as occurring in Quoy & Gaimard (1824-1826: 625), but our evidence suggests that it first appeared in Lamouroux et al. (1824: 215)." - (23 May 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025