Ginnania furcellata (Turner) Zanardini 1843

Current name: Scinaia furcellata (Turner) J.Agardh
middle intertidal, Ria de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Ginnania furcellata (Turner) Zanardini 1843: 49 (as 'Ginnania furcellata. Montgn')

Published in: Zanardini, G. (1843). Saggio di classificazione naturale delle Ficee del Dottore Giovanni Zanardini aggiunti nuovi studii sopra l'androsace degli antichi con tavola miniata ed enumerazione di tutte le specie scoperte e raccolte dall'autore in Dalmazia. pp. [1]-64, 2 folded tables, 1 col. pl. Venezia [Venice]: Dallo Stabilimento tipographico enciclopedico di Girolamo Tasso.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ginnania.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scinaia furcellata (Turner) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

Basionym
Ulva furcellata Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Sheringham, Norfolk, England; (Turner 1801: 301) Holotype: BM; 000774967 (Athanasiadis 2016: 154)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), forked; having a small notch at apex (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 April 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Name also introduced by Montagne (1846: 61); INA. - (03 April 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025