Ectocarpus ellipticus De A.Saunders
Publication details
Ectocarpus ellipticus De A.Saunders 1898: 149
Original publication: Saunders, De A. (1898). Phycological memoirs. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 3, Botany 1: 147-168, pls XII-XXXII.
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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 taxonomic synonym of Spongonema tomentosum (Hudson) Kützing
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Key references
Abbott, I.A. & Hollenberg, G.J. (1976). Marine algae of California. pp. xii (xiii) + 827, 701 figs. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ectocarpus&species=ellipticus
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Ectocarpus&Species=ellipticus
Created: 11 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 February 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 320 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=14106
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
