Cladostephus lycopodium (C.Agardh) C.Agardh 1824
Publication Details
Cladostephus lycopodium (C.Agardh) C.Agardh 1824: 168
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Request PDFPublication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladostephus is Cladostephus spongiosus (Hudson) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Digenea simplex (Wulfen) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
Basionym
Caulerpa lycopodium C.Agardh
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 July 2017
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Nomenclatural note
"lycopodium" is a noun in appositon and non-declinatble. - (11 December 2019) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025
