Gigartina armata var. echinata (N.L.Gardner) E.Y.Dawson 1961

Publication Details
Gigartina armata var. echinata (N.L.Gardner) E.Y.Dawson 1961: 264

Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1961). Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 4. Gigartinales. Pacific Naturalist 2: 191-343, 63 plates.

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 Chondracanthus spinosus (Kützing) Guiry.

Basionym
Gigartina echinata N.L.Gardner

Type Information
Type locality: Santa Catalina Island, California; (Gardner 1927: 335) Lectotype: M.B. Nichols; UC; 93842 (Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 139)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), equipped, armed (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 08 August 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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