Sphaerococcus osmunda (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse 1797

Publication Details
Sphaerococcus osmunda (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse 1797: xxiv

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1797). Nereis britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis britannicis crescentium: descriptione latine et anglico, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis... Fasc. 2. pp. ix-xxiv, 31-70, pls IX-XIII. Bathoniae [Bath] & Londini [London]: S. Hazard; J. White.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Osmundea osmunda (S.G.Gmelin) K.W.Nam & Maggs.

Basionym
Fucus osmunda S.G.Gmelin

Type Information
Type locality: "Mare mediterraneum, Littora Angliae, praesertim Haruici on scopulis" [Harwich, Essex, England]; (INA 1996) Lectotype: illustration in S.G.Gmelin (1768: 155, pl. 16, fig. 2) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 19 December 2018

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024

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