Byssus bullosa (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers 1780
Publication Details
Byssus bullosa (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers 1780: 92 (as 'bulbosus')
Published in: Wiggers, F.H. (1780). Primitiae florae holsaticae; quas praeside D. Joh. Christiano Kerstens. pp. [i-viii], 1-112. Kiliae [Kiel]: litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Byssus is Byssus jolithus Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladophora glomerata var. crassior (C.Agardh) C.Hoek.
Source of Synonymy
Hoek, C. van den (1963). Revision of the European species of Cladophora. pp. [i]-vii, [1]-248, 1 fig., 18 maps, + 55 pls. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
Basionym
Conferva bullosa Linnaeus
Type Information
Notes: For information on the type species see van den Hoek, 1963: 179 (van den Hoek, 1963)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), blubous (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 December 2017
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Nomenclatural note
The Linnaean epithet was "bullosa" not "bulbosa". - (29 December 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025
