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.
Request PDFType 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 16 April 2024
