Sphacelaria caespitula Lyngbye 1819
Publication Details
Sphacelaria caespitula Lyngbye 1819: 105, pl. 32 A
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sphaceloderma caespitulum (Lyngbye) Draisma, Prud'homme & H.Kawai.
Source of Synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Kawai, H. (2010). A revised classification of the Sphacelariales (Phaeophyceae) inferred from a psbC and rbcL based phylogeny. European Journal of Phycology 45(3): 308-326.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Naes, Østerø, Faeroes; (Silva & al. 1996: 575) Lectotype: Lyngbye; 29.vii.1817; ad stipitem Fuci digitali inter Conferva Rothii; C; (Draisma, Prud'homme van Reine & Kawai 2010: 321) Notes: LD (Draisma et al. 2010). LT fide Prud'homme van Reine, 80-81, 1982 (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), little tuft (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 October 2024
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Irish note
In Ireland, only one, unconfirmed, record from Co. Waterford (Prud’homme van Reine 1982, p. 85) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025
