Laurencia rigida J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Laurencia rigida J.Agardh 1876: 651-652
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Palisada rigida (J.Agardh) Metti.
Type Information
Syntype localities: various, including "in oceano indico calidiore"; (Silva & al. 1996: 520) Lectotype: herb. alg. Agardh; no. 36694 (Millar 1990: 466) Notes: Type specimens (fig. 6A). Agardh LUND no. 36694, "e Nova Hollandiea boreali;" Kilner. Probable Isotype specimens (fig. 6C): Mueller, MEL 1007183 " nov. Holl. boreal; Kilner"; BM 974110 "Nov. Holi. boreal"; BM 974113 " nov. Holl, boreal" (Metti, 2022: 25). Type: LD 36694 (fide Metti, 2022) (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), rigid (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 April 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
