Gigartina subulata (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Agardhiella subulata (C.Agardh) Kraft & M.J.Wynne

Current name: Agardhiella subulata (C.Agardh) Kraft & M.J.Wynne
Zeeland delta, Netherlands - 26 March 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net)

Publication Details
Gigartina subulata (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: lviii

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

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 Agardhiella subulata (C.Agardh) Kraft & M.J.Wynne.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus subulatus C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "In mari Canadensi" (uncertain); (Silva & al. 1996: 324) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Kraft & Wynne (1979: 327-328)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), subulate, awl-shaped, i.e., tapering from a narrow or moderately broad base to a very fine point (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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