Conferva saxatilis Ruprecht 1850
Publication Details
Conferva saxatilis Ruprecht 1850: 208, 211
Published in: Ruprecht, F.J. (1850). Algae ochotenses. Die ersten sicheren Nachrichten über die Tange des Ochotskischen Meeres. pp. 1-243, 10 pls. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Request PDFType 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 Acrosiphonia saxatilis (Ruprecht) K.L.Vinogradova.
Source of Synonymy
Vinogradova, K.L. (1979). Opredelitel' vodorosley dal'nevostochnykh morey SSSR. Zelenyye Vodorosli [Manual for identification of the algae of the far-eastern seas of the USSR. Green algae]. pp. [1]-146, 67 figs, 18 pls. Leningrad: Botanicheskii Institut imeni V.L. Komarova. [in Russian]
Type Information
Type locality: Sea of Okhotsk; (Silva & al. 1996: 754)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), found growing among rocks.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 March 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 November 2024
