Gastroclonium reflexum (Chauvin) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Gastroclonium reflexum (Chauvin) Kützing
Gastroclonium reflexum, lower intertidal, North of Spain, 2010, Ignacio Bárbara"
Igancio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Gastroclonium reflexum (Chauvin) Kützing 1849: 866
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gastroclonium is Gastroclonium ovale Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lomentaria reflexa Chauvin
Type Information
Lectotype locality: France (Port-en-Bessin); (Irvine & Guiry 1983: 84) Lectotype: CN (herb. Lenormand); (Irvine & Guiry 1983: 84) Notes: various in Calvados, France (Silva et al. 1996: 350).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), reflexed, bent sharply backwards (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 August 2021
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Nomenclatural note
"The name of this combination proposed by Bertoloni (1862: 89), based on Lomentaria reflexa Chauvin, is superfluous because of the author quoted Gigartina pygmaea J.V. Lamouroux as a synonym. However, the binomial isn't illegitimate but incorrect because of it has a basionym (Art. 52.4 of ICN, Turland et al., 2018)." (Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi 2021: 204). - (23 August 2021) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Epilithic and epiphytic, especially on Corallina; littoral and upper sublittoral; sandy, well-lit pools (Irvine & Guiry in Irvine,1983). Sand-covered rocks; low to mid intertidal of sites from moderatel to highly wave-exposed (Diaz-Tapia, 2014). - (05 August 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2025
