Ectocarpus brachiatus (Smith) S.F.Gray

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Ectocarpales
Family Ectocarpaceae
Genus Ectocarpus

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Publication details
Ectocarpus brachiatus (Smith) S.F.Gray 1821: 322, nom. illeg.

Original publication: Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: [i]-xxviii, [1]- 824, pls I-XXI plates. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster-Row.
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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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva brachiata J.E.Smith

Type information
Type locality: Salt marshes at Cley, Norfolk, England; amongst Ulva compressa. (Smith 1813-1814: pl. 2571).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), branched at right angles.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Conferva brachiata J.E.Smith 1814

General environment
This is a marine species.

Key references
Harvey, W.H. (1841). A manual of the British algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of the known British species of sea-weeds and of Confervae both marine and fresh-water. pp. [i-v]-lvii, [1]-229. London: John Van Voorst.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ectocarpus&species=brachiatus

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=brachiatus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 03 May 2012 by Michael Guiry

Verified by: 03 May 2012 by Michael Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Le Jolis, A. (1861). On the synonymy of Ectocarpus brachiatus. Transactions of the Botanical Society [Edinburgh] 7: 36-37.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=142899

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 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:108831