Halurus flosculosus (J.Ellis) Maggs & Hommersand 1993

Publication Details
Halurus flosculosus (J.Ellis) Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 175

Published in: Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Halurus is Halurus equisetifolius (Lightfoot) Kützing.

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

Basionym
Conferva flosculosa J.Ellis

Type Information
Type locality: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 175) Lectotype: Ellis’s (1768, pl. 18, fig. E) illustration (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 175)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), wooly, somewhat wooly, or fluffy.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Rather rigid, tufted, uniseriate, ecoritcate, bright red filaments, to 200 mm long. Repeatedly ± dichotomously branched, with frequent short branchlets, axils very acute. Articulations cylindrical, 5-6 times as long as broad in lower parts, shorter distally.

Habitat
On rocks in shady intertidal pools, widely distributed, common.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
"Griffithsia flosculosa (J. Ellis) Ruprecht. This species was widely reported from the Mediterranean Sea as G. flosculosa (J. Ellis) Batters, a combination proposed by Batters (1902: 84) which is, however, a later isonym, with no nomenclatural status, according to Art. 6.3 Note 2 of ICN (Turland et al., 2018), of the combination proposed by Ruprecht (1850: 146)." and "G. setacea (Hudson) C. Agardh. This species was recorded from Liguria (Italy) first by Dufour [1865: 47, as G. setacea Ellis (sic!)] and laterby Ardissone [1874: 64, as G. setacea (Ellis) C. Agardh] and Ardissone & Strafforello (1877: 174, as G. setacea C, Agardh). Ardissone (1883: 86) reported it from different Mediterranean localities, listing among synonyms also Conferva flosculosa %u201Cflocculosa%u201D Ellis (basionym of H. flosculosus)." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 402). - (24 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
On shaded rocks and in pools (Tittley et al. 2009). - (25 March 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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