Corallina tuberculosa Postels & Ruprecht 1840
Current name:
Calliarthron tuberculosum (Postels & Ruprecht) E.Y.Dawson
Cape Perpetua Oregon, U.S.A.; lower intertidal - 13 June 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Corallina tuberculosa Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 20, pl. XL [40]: figs 100, 105-108
Published in: Postels, A. & Ruprecht, F. (1840). Illustrationes algarum in itinere circum orbem jussu imperatoris Nicolai I. Atque auspiciis navarchi Friderici Lütke annis 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 celoce Seniavin exsecuto in Oceano pacifico, inprimis septemtrionale ad littora rossica asiatico-americana collectarum. pp. [i-vi ], [i]- iv, 1-28 [1-2, index], [Latin:] [-iv], [1]-22, [1-2, index], 40 pls. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Typis Eduardi Pratz.
Request PDFPublication date: Nov-Dec 1840 [TL-2]
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 Calliarthron tuberculosum (Postels & Ruprecht) E.Y.Dawson.
Source of Synonymy
Dawson, E.Y. (1964). A review of Yendo's jointed coralline algae of Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island. Nova Hedwigia 7(3/4): 537-543. [in English]
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad insulam Sitcha" [Sitka, Alaska]; (Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 20 [bis]) Type: LE; (Johansen 1969: 61) Notes: "Type" at LE is mentioned by Johansen (1969: 61) who was "privileged to see" who expressed some doubt as to the origin of the material as collections have not "revealed this species north of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia." Its absence at Sitka was confirmed by Gabrielson & al. (2011: 312). As Postels & Ruprecht (1840: 20 [bis]) mentioned only a single location is is reasonable to regard the LE specimen as the holotype.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 December 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 December 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
