Gigartina intermedia Suringar 1867

Current name: Chondracanthus intermedius (Suringar) Hommersand
Robinson Crusoe Island - 21 February 2014. Erasmo Macaya Horta (emacaya@oceanografia.udec.cl) Erasmo Macaya Horta

Publication Details
Gigartina intermedia Suringar 1867: 259, no fig.

Published in: Suringar, W.F.R. (1867). Algarum iaponicarum Musei Botanici L.B. index praecursorius. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 3: 256-259.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chondracanthus intermedius (Suringar) Hommersand.

Source of Synonymy
Hughey, J.R. & Hommersand, M.H. (2008). Morphological and molecular systematic study of Chondracanthus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Pacific North America. Phycologia 47: 124-155.

Type Information
Type locality: "Iaponia: Textor" [Japan: collected by C.J. Textor]; (Suringar 1867: 259) Type: C.J. Textor; 8 December 1865; L?; (Yoshida 1998: 684)

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Growing on rocks at high tide (Mikami 1965: 205).

Created: 05 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 March 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Hommersand et al. (1993: 115) and Hughey & Hommersand (2008) cite Gigartina intermedia Suringar 1870: 30, pl. 17B. - (07 November 2008) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Following Abbott (1999), this species (as Gigartina intermedius Suringar) is a synonym of Chondracanthus tenellus (Harvey) Hommersand - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 April 2025