Lygistes vermicularis (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Lygistes vermicularis (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1876: 119
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Lygistes.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Calosiphonia vermicularis (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz.
Basionym
Nemastoma vermiculare J.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: In Mari Gaditano (= sea around the Strait of Gibraltar); (Berecibar et al. 2009: 220)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), worm-shaped, almost cylindrical and bent in places, marked with irregular waves or bent lines (Stearn 1973).
Created: 10 June 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 June 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 June 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
