Grateloupia gibbesii Harvey 1853
Publication Details
Grateloupia gibbesii Harvey 1853: 199, pl. XXVI [26] (as 'Gibbesii')
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1853). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the atlantic and pacific coasts of North America. Part II. Rhodospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(5): [i-ii], [1]-258, pls XIII-XXXVI.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Grateloupia is Grateloupia filicina (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phyllymenia gibbesii (Harvey) Showe M.Lin, Rodríguez-Prieto, De Clerck & Guiry.
Type Information
Type locality: "Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina, ... (v. v.)" [v.v. = seen living]; (Harvey 1853: 26) Type: Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes & Harvey; January 1850; on the breakwater; TCD; 0011818 (Rodríguez-Prieto & al. 2021: 85, fig. 2) Notes: "Lectotype: collected by Lewis R. Gibbs and William Henry Harvey in January, 1850, and deposited at ["Trinity College "London" - actually Dublin] (TCD0011818). The lectotype was selected by Reid Wiseman in December 1966" [but has not been formally designated in a publication?]; "Isotypes: Isotype material can be found in several herbaria, e.g. MEL685640, BM530482" (Rodríguez-Prieto et al., 2021: 85, fig. 2). Lectotype designated in Rodríguez-Prieto et al. 2022: [10].
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 January 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
