Cladophoropsis membranacea (Bang ex C.Agardh) Børgesen 1905

Publication Details
Cladophoropsis membranacea (Bang ex C.Agardh) Børgesen 1905: 289, legend to figs 8-13

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1905). Contributions à la connaissance du genre Siphonocladus Schmitz. Oversight Over Det Kgl Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlingar 3: 259-291, 13 figs.

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophoropsis.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva membranacea Bang ex C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad insulam S. Crucis" [St Croix, Virgin Islands]; (Agardh 1824: 120) Lectotype: unknown; LD; Herb. alg. Agardh7287 (Leliaert & Coppejans 2006: 664) Notes: Leliaert & Coppejans (2006: 664) note that St. Croix is indicated as type locality in the original prologue. Several specimens of this species from that locality are present in LD; one of these, labeled 'Conf. membranacea Hofm, Ins St. Crucis' from the Agardh herbarium, is indicated as lectotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), membranous (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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