Ectocarpus granulosus (Smith) C.Agardh 1828
Current name:
Hincksia granulosa (Smith) P.C.Silva
Floating pontoons at Wemelding, the Netherlands; collector M. Karremans - 22 February 2007. Herre Stegenga (Stegenga@nhn.leidenuniv.nl)
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.
Basionym
Conferva granulosa Smith
Type Information
Syntype localities: Brighthelmston and Shoreham, Sussex, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 567) Type: W. Borrer; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Womersly (1987) gives the following data: Type from England; not located (Clayton, 1974).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), granulose (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 July 2017
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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 25 April 2024
