Carpodesmia Greville, 1830: xxxiv
Holotype species: Carpodesmia zosteroides (C.Agardh) Greville
Currently accepted name for the type species: Cystoseira zosteroides C.Agardh
Original publication and holotype designation:Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
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Taxonomic status: currently regarded as a synonym of Cystoseira.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 2 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Carpodesmia opuntioides (Bory de Saint-Vincent ex Montagne) Kützing S
Carpodesmia zosteroides (C.Agardh) Greville S - type
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=45026
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:98469
