Gelidium spathulatum (Kützing) Bornet 1892

Publication Details
Gelidium spathulatum (Kützing) Bornet 1892: 268

Published in: Bornet, E. (1892). Les algues de P.-K.-A. Schousboe. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg 28: 165-376, pls I-III.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Basionym
Acrocarpus spathulatus Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Adriatic Sea; (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 136) Lectotype: L; (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2014: 180) Notes: Lectotype:L (Segi, 1963, fide Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 2014).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), spatulate, spatula-like; alternative form of spatulatum.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 March 2020

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Taxonomic note
Womersley and Guiry (1994: 133, 136) regard this species as a synonym of Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
sand-covered rocks; upper to lower intertidal, in sites from sheltered to highly wave-exposed (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 2014). - (30 June 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025

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