Gigartina volans (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1846

Mazzaella volans (C.Agardh) Fredericq

Current name: Mazzaella volans (C.Agardh) Fredericq
Northern California - 09 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Gigartina volans (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1846: pl. XVIII

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1846). Caroli Ad. Agardh Icones algarum ineditae. Fasculi qui exstant duo. pp. 1-6, pls I-XX. Lundae.

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 Mazzaella volans (C.Agardh) Fredericq.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus volans C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Ad Caput Bonae Spei lectum pingendum subministravit clariss. Chamisso [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa].; (Agardh 1821: [iv]) Type: Chamisso; LD; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 110)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 August 2009

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 August 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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