Coralliodendron penicillus (Linnaeus) Kützing 1841
Publication Details
Coralliodendron penicillus (Linnaeus) Kützing 1841: 11
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1841). Ueber die "Polypieres calcifères" des Lamouroux. In: Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Classen der Realschule zu Nordhausen ... 1841. (Fischer, K.C.F. Eds), pp. [3]-34. Nordhausen: Realschule.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Coralliodendron.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Penicillus capitatus Lamarck.
Basionym
Corallina penicillus Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in Asia" [more likely Caribbean]; (Linnaeus 1758: 807) Lectotype (designated by F. Leliaert in Spencer & al. 2009: 246): LINN; 1293.21 (Spencer & al. 2009: 246) Notes: "Herb. Linn. No. 1293.21 (LINN) is, apparently, the only extant original material. Linnaeus gave its origin as “habitat in Asia”, but P. capitatus as currently understood occurs in the Caribbean (with range extensions reported from Brazil and Bermuda), Mediterranean and Madeira; P. capitatus has never been reported from the Indian or Pacific Oceans. It is probable that Herb. Linn. No. 1293.21 (LINN) does indeed represent C. penicillus, but this determination can only be confirmed by destructive sampling. Because the specimen cannot be critically identified, an epitype may need to be selected but this should await further taxonomic investigation (F. Leliaert, pers. comm.). Gepp & Gepp (1911: 68) discussed at length the complex history of the genus Penicillus and, for P. capitatus, provided a long list of synonyms." (Spencer & al. 2009: 246).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 March 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
