Griffithsia tenuis C.Agardh 1828

Current name: Anotrichium tenue (C.Agardh) Nägeli
Hawaii; scale is 5 mm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Griffithsia tenuis C.Agardh 1828: 131 (as 'Griffitsia')

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].

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Publication date: Sept-Dec 1828

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Anotrichium tenue (C.Agardh) Nägeli.

Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.

Type Information
Type locality: Venezia (Venice), Italy; (Silva & al. 1996: 376) Type: Ruchinger; herb. alg. Agardh, LD; 19891 (Yoshida 1998: 871) Notes: Dawson (1962: 73) notes that the type collection was made by Ruchinger. See Baldock (1976: 557).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 January 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Minimal description: "Il diametro della fronda è minore ancora di quello proprio del Callithamnium roseolum, Ag., cui somiglia a primo aspetto. Cresce sulle Coralline, e fu da me rinvenuta nel porto di Zuri." [The diameter of the frond is less than that of the Callithamnium roseolum, Ag., Which looks like the first. It grows on the Coraline, and it was discovered by me in the port of Zuri.] - (16 November 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025