Ectocarpus granulosus (Smith) C.Agardh 1828
Current name:
Hincksia granulosa (Smith) P.C.Silva
microscope, Ártabra, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2009Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Ectocarpus granulosus (Smith) C.Agardh 1828: 45
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].
Request PDFPublication date: Sept-Dec 1828
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hincksia granulosa (Smith) P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Meñez, E.G. & Moe, R.L. (1987). Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Sciences 27: [i-ii] iii-iv, 1-179, 2 figs, 1 table.
Basionym
Conferva granulosa Smith
Type Information
Syntype localities: Brighthelmston and Shoreham, Sussex, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 567) Type: W. Borrer; (INA 1996) Notes: Womersly (1987) gives the following data: Type from England; not located (Clayton, 1974).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), granulose (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 July 2017
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Taxonomic note
Combination previously proposed by S.F. Gray, 1821. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 322, with the same Basionym (INA) - (19 May 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
