Gelidium miniatum (Sprengel) Kützing 1847
Current name:
Wurdemannia miniata (Sprengel) Feldmann & Hamel
Panama. Saboga-Las Perlas. In situ forming short dense mat overgrowing coral.Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Gelidium miniatum (Sprengel) Kützing 1847: 767
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
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Wurdemannia miniata (Sprengel) Feldmann & Hamel.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus miniatus Sprengel
Type Information
Type locality: Vicinity of Montpellier, French Mediterranean coast; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 20) Type: Draparnaud; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 20)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), saturn-red, flame-scarlet; literally, ‘painted with red lead’ (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 March 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
