Elachista scutulata (Smith) Areschoug 1843
Current name:
Elachista scutulata (Smith) Areschoug
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; on Himanthalia elongata fronds in a pool at low water - 31 August 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Elachista scutulata (Smith) Areschoug 1843: 262
Published in: Areschoug, J.E. (1843). Algarum (phycearum) minus rite cognitarum pugillus secundus. Linnaea 17: 257-269, pl. IX.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Elachista is Elachista scutellata Duby.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Conferva scutulata Smith
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), diamond or lozenge-shaped (Smith & Lockwood 1933).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2024
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Nomenclatural notes
Stegenga & Mol (1983: 92) and Womersley (1987: 77) cite this species as Elachista scutulata (Smith) Areschoug - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
According to Lee (2000: 9), the genus Elachista Duby has been formally conserved under the Botanical Rules (see Farr et al. 1979). He notes that the correct name of the type species is E. scutulata (Smith) Areschoug rather than E. scutellata (Smith) Duby (1830: 972), nom. illeg. - (14 August 2009) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
"Besides the species treated in the key,
from the Mediterranean area was also reported,
but only from the Black Sea (Ribera et al.,
1992), Elachista scutulata (J.E. Smith) Areschoug
(see Tab. 39, Figs 3-6). This species distinguishes
from other Mediterranean species of
Elachista with paraphyses, in showing unilocular
cylindrical cysts borne on 2-4 celled stalks
(pyriform and borne on unicellular stalks, in
other species)." (Cormaci et al. 2012: 150). - (27 August 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 April 2025
