Gigartina stiriata (Turner) J.Agardh 1851
Current name:
Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister
Cape of Good Hope, Cape Peninsula, South Africa - 18 November 2009. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Gigartina stiriata (Turner) J.Agardh 1851: 277-278
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister.
Basionym
Fucus stiriatus Turner
Type Information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 294) Lectotype: BM; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 112) Notes: Collected by Thunberg.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024