Asperococcus rugosus (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Current name:
Splachnidium rugosum (Linnaeus) Greville
Splachnidium rugosum, Point Lonsdale, Victoria, AustraliaMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Asperococcus rugosus (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 62
Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.
Publication date: 1813
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Splachnidium rugosum (Linnaeus) Greville.
Source of Synonymy
Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Basionym
Ulva rugosa Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: Cap. b. Spei [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Linnaeus 1771: 311) Type: Koenig 39; LINN; 1275.8 (Womersley 1987: 144)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wrinkled.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 October 2024
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Nomenclatural note
While Lamouroux cited Ulva rugosa L. as the basionym, the original material "Ocea. Eur. Gall." [Atlantic France; actually lighthouse of Cordouan (pier bottom) at the mouth of the Gironde estuary], 1800; PC 00677219 is probably of Asperococcus fistulosus (Pierre-Guy Sauriau, pers. comm). https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/p00677219. - (15 October 2024) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 July 2025