Lomentaria clavellosa (Lightfoot ex Turner) Gaillon 1828

Publication Details
Lomentaria clavellosa (Lightfoot ex Turner) Gaillon 1828: 367

Published in: Gaillon, B. (1828). Résumé méthodique des classifications des Thalassiophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 53: 350-406, 3 tables.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lomentaria is Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus clavellosus Lightfoot ex Turner

Type Information
Syntype localities: Habitat apud Bancaster in Norfolcia: inter rejectaments maris apud Yarmouth frequens [Bancaster and Yarmouth, Norfolk, England]; (Turner 1802: 133)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Soft, slightly flattened, bright pinkish-red fronds, to 400 mm high. Main axis usually with numerous, typically distichous branches (sometimes only in apical tufts), ultimate branchlets with spindle-shaped ramuli, no part of frond showing obvious constrictions.

Habitat
On rocks and stones in pools, lower intertidal and subtidal, generally disrtibuted, frequent.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 August 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024

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