Griffithsia elongata (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Griffithsia elongata (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 62
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 (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Anotrichium elongatum (Harvey) Baldock.
Basionym
Callithamnion elongatum Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: "Georgetown" [Tasmania]; (Harvey 1859: 336) Holotype: W.H. Harvey; TCD; Herb. Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 534J (Womersley 1998: 353) Notes: Harvey cited Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 534, so Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 534J is the holotype and the distributed duplicates are isotypes.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), elongated (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 January 2009 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
