Corallina chara Lamarck 1815

Publication Details
Corallina chara Lamarck 1815: 240

Published in: Lamarck, J.B. de (1815). Suite et fin des polypiers corticiferes. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris 2: 227-240.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker.

Source of Synonymy
Ducker, S.C. (1979). The genus Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 67-101, 15 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: "Habite ... les mers de la Nouvelle-Hollande? Péron et Lesueur. Ma Collection."; (Lamarck 1815: 240) Holotype: Péron & Lessueur; PC; (Womersly & Johansen 1996: 323) Notes: Probably from Rottnest I. (or Shark Bay), Western Australia (Womersly & Johansen in Womersley 1996).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 May 2001 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 January 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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