Gelidium corneum var. capillaceum (S.G.Gmelin) Greville 1830
Current name:
Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand
lower intertidal, RÃa de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio BárbaraIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Gelidium corneum var. capillaceum (S.G.Gmelin) Greville 1830: 143
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Request PDFPublication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
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), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (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 22 November 2024
