Hecatonema terminale (Kützing) Kylin 1937

Publication Details
Hecatonema terminale (Kützing) Kylin 1937: 8, fig. 2

Published in: Kylin, H. (1937). Bemerkungen über die Entwicklungsgeschichte einiger Phaeophyceen. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 33(1): 1-34, 5 figs.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hecatonema is Hecatonema maculans (Collins) Sauvageau.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ectocarpus terminalis Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "Bei Helgoland auf Fucus vesiculosus" [Helgoland, Germany]; (Kützing 1845: 236) Notes: Type at L?

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 October 2024

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Taxonomic note
As emphasised by Wynne (1998: 101), this entity may represent the microthalli of various taxa, including Punctaria (Clayton, 1974), Myriotrichia (Loiseaux, 1969), and Asperococcus (Pedersen, 1984). According to John et al. (2004), Ectocarpus terminalis Kütz. is a young filamentous stage of Spongonema tomentosum (Huds.) Kütz., while Hecatonema terminale is based on Ectocarpus teminalis Kütz. sensu Kuck. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 April 2025