Ectocarpus sphaerophorus Carmichael ex Harvey 1833

Publication Details
Ectocarpus sphaerophorus Carmichael ex Harvey 1833: 326

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Isthmoplea sphaerophora (Carmichael ex Harvey) Kjellman ex Gobi.

Source of Synonymy
Gobi, C. (1878). Die Algenflora des Weissen Meeres und der demselben zunächstliegenden Theile des nördlichen Eismeeres. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersburg, VIIé série 26(4): 1-92.

Type Information
Syntype localities: Appin, Scotland; Sidmouth, Devon, England; (Harvey 1833: 326)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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