Cystoseira compressa subsp. pustulata (Ercegovic) Verlaque 2015

Publication Details
Cystoseira compressa subsp. pustulata (Ercegovic) Verlaque 2015: 219

Published in: Thibaut, T., Blanfuné, A., Boudouresque, C.-F. & Verlaque, M. (2015). Decline and local extinction of Fucales in the French Riviera: the harbinger of future extinctions?. Mediterranean Marine Science 16(1): 206-224.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystoseira pustulata (Ercegovic) Neiva & Serrão.

Source of Synonymy
Neiva, J., Bermejo, R., Medrano, A., Capdevila, P., Milla-Figueras, D., Afonso, P., Ballesteros, E., Sabour, B., Serio, D., Nóbrega, E., Soares, J., Valdazo, J., Tuya, F., Mulas, M., Israel, A., Sadogurska, S.S., Guiry, M.D., Pearson, G.A. & Serrão, E. A. (2022 '2023'). DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 58(3): 351-375, 8 figs, 2 tables.

Basionym
Cystoseira abrotanifolia subsp. pustulata Ercegovic

Type Information
Type locality: E. Adriatic Sea; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 March 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 March 2023

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Taxonomic note
Thibaut (2015: 219-220) comment: "Cystoseira epiphytica Schiffner ex Gerloff & Nizamuddin (1976: 165-167, pls 1-3) was hitherto treated as a later heterotypic synonym of C. humilis (Guiry and Guiry, 2014). However, when Gerloff and Nizamuddin (1976) validated 'Cystoseira epiphytica Schiffner' (nomen in sched.) from the Adriatic Sea, they specified: 'C. epiphytica resembles C. compressa (Esper) Gerloff and Nizam. in possessing flat, primary axes (if and when present)', and 'C. epiphytica appears to be nearer to C. abrotanifolia subsp. pustulata of Ercegovic (1952) which has the similar arrangement of cryptostomata'. In our opinion, the only difference between C. epiphytica and C. compressa subsp. pustulata is its epiphytic development on other species of Cystoseira, and we consider the two taxa as putative synonyms." Furnari (e-mail 17 March 2015) writes" "I am strongly convinced that C. epiphytica is synonym of C. humilis". - (27 March 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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