Chondrococcus abscissus (Turner) Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Chondrococcus abscissus (Turner) Kützing 1849: 752
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanthalia abscissa (Turner) Hooker f. & Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
Hooker, [J.D.] & Harvey, W.H. (1845). Algae Novae Zelandiae; being a catalogue of all of the species of algae yet recorded as inhabiting the shores of New Zealand, with characters and brief descriptions of the new species discovered during the voyage of H.M. discovery ships "Erebus" and "Terror" and of others communicated to Sir W. Hooker by Dr. Sinclair, the Rev. Colenso, and M. Raoul. London Journal of Botany 4: 521-551.
Basionym
Fucus abscissus Turner
Type Information
Type locality: New Zealand; (Womersley 1996: 34) Lectotype (?): Banks; BM; (Womersley 1996: 34)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cut off, steep, precipitous (Stearn 1983).
Created: 24 February 2009 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 April 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025
