Gelidium amansii (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux 1813
Current name:
Gelidium amansii (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux
Japan; this lady collects plants in the shallow subtidal; the species produces a high-quality agar for foodMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gelidium amansii (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 129
Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.
Request PDFPublication date: 1813
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus amansii J.V.Lamouroux
Type Information
Syntype localities: Madagascar, Mauritius; (Silva & al. 1996: 134) Type: Lamouroux Herbarium, Laboratoire de Biologie et Biotechnologie Marines, Univ. de Caen; (Santelices 1994: 39) Notes: Santelices (1994: 37) notes that Fucus amansii was originally described and illustrated by Lamouroux (1805), from materials collected on the coast of Ile de France and Madagascar. Later (Lamouroux 1813), the species was transferred to the genus Gelidium, and Lamouroux indicated "Ind. Orient." (Indes orientales), which has come to mean the general vicinity of India and Sri Lanka, as the area inhabited by this species.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 October 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
