Halurus equisetifolius (Lightfoot) Kützing 1843

Halurus equisetifolius (Lightfoot) Kützing

Current name: Halurus equisetifolius (Lightfoot) Kützing
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Publication Details
Halurus equisetifolius (Lightfoot) Kützing 1843: 374

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Halurus.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva equisetifolia Lightfoot

Type Information
Type locality: Hampshire, England; (Dixon 1983) Lectotype: BM-K; (Dixon 1983)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Somewhat cartilaginous, uniseriate, ecorticate, dark red filaments, to 225 mm long. Much branched, irregularly and repeatedly, clothed with whorls of short, incurved, di-trichotomous ramuli.

Habitat
On rocks, low intertidal pools and shallow, widely distributed, frequent.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 November 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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