Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing 1843

Publication Details
Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing 1843: 295

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Prasiola.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ulva crispa Lightfoot

Type Information
Type locality: [No locality, presumably Scotland]; (Lightfoot 1777: 972) "Lectotype" (Dixon 1983: 12; Bryant, Irvine & Ruffle 2012: 32): BM; 000005094 (Bryant & al. 2012: 32) Notes: Bryant, Irvine & Ruffle (2012: 32, expl. pl. 6)) report the annotation on the lectotype "No. 22. In moist shady places on the North side of Walls where no Grass grows, generally. This is a thin membranaceous substance, & I think it mostly is where people Pisses ag[ain]st Walls.” This observation agrees with the known ecology of this taxon which is often associated with sites rich in organic nitrogen (such as urine or guano)."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crisped, irregularly waved and twisted (Stearn 1983).

Habitat
Subaerial: underneath seagull colony (Karsten et al., 2005: 560).

Created: 06 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 September 2024

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