Crouania gracilis J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Crouania gracilis J.Agardh 1876: 85, no fig.
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crouania is Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilocladia gracilis (J.Agardh) Womersley.
Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1998). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIC. Ceramiales - Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae. pp. [1]-535, 235 figs, 4 col. figs in 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Tasmaniam, R. Gunn!" [Tasmania]; (Agardh 1876: 85) Holotype: R. Gunn; LD ; Herb. Agardh 20269 (Womersley 1998: 64) Notes: Isotype in MEL, 8438.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, slender (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 June 2001 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025
