Enteromorpha grevillei Thuret 1854
Current name:
Monostroma grevillei (Thuret) Wittrock
New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; on lower-shore ledges; to 40 mm. A spring annual - 14 April 2006. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Enteromorpha grevillei Thuret 1854: 25
Published in: Thuret, G. (1854). Note sur la synonymie des Ulva lactuca et latissima, L., suivie de quelques remarques sur la tribu des Ulvacées. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 2: 17-32.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Enteromorpha is Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Monostroma grevillei (Thuret) Wittrock.
Source of Synonymy
Wittrock, V.B. (1866). Försök till en Monographie öfver Algslägtet Monostroma. pp. 1-66, IV plates, folded scheme [= 14 figs]. Stockholm: Akademisk Afhandling.
Type Information
Type locality: A locality is not specified.; (Thuret 1854: 25) Lectotype: PC; (Burrows 1991) Notes: The type locality is Finistère, Bretagne, France according to Burrows (1991).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 April 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024