Ectocarpus virgatus Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Ectocarpus virgatus Kützing 1849: 459
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: "In mari septentrionali (v. s.)" [northern seas]; (Kützing 1849: 22)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twiggy, long and slender or streaked, rod-like (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 November 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
