Sphaerococcus capillaceus (S.G.Gmelin) Naccari 1828

Publication Details
Sphaerococcus capillaceus (S.G.Gmelin) Naccari 1828: 83

Published in: Naccari, [F.] L. (1828). Flora veneta o descrizione delle piante che nascono nella provincia di Venezia disposta secondo il sistema Linneano e colla indicazione al metodo di Jussieu modificato dal De-Candolle arricchita di osservazioni medico-economiche di Fortunato Luigi Naccari. Vol. VI. pp. [1] 4-133, 3 figs in one pl.. Venezia [Venice]: Presso Leone Bonvecchiato Editore Libraio in Merceria a S. Bartolomeo.

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Publication date: August [INA]

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 Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand.

Basionym
Fucus capillaceus S.G.Gmelin

Type Information
Type locality: Locus, Mare mediterraneum [Mediterranean Sea]; (Gmelin 1768: 146) Lectotype: original illustration (Gmelin , 1768, pl. 15 fig.1). (epitype) (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 139)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), capillarg, hair-like, thread-like (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 December 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 23 December 2018

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024

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