Gigartina decipiens (Hooker f. & Harvey) Hooker f. & Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Gigartina decipiens (Hooker f. & Harvey) Hooker f. & Harvey 1855: 252
Published in: Hooker, J.D. (1855). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Kt., R.N., F.R.S. & L.S., etc. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part 2. Flowerless plants. Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. pp. 161-378, pls 111-130. London: Lovell Reeve, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarcothalia decipiens (Hooker f. & Harvey) Hommersand.
Basionym
Iridaea decipiens Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: New Zealand; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 113) Type: BM; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 113)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), deceiving (used of a species closely resembling another) (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 May 2024