Gigartina pygmaea J.V.Lamouroux 1813
Publication Details
Gigartina pygmaea J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 137
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.
Request PDFPublication date: 1813
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 Chylocladia verticillata (Lightfoot) Bliding.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pygmy, dwarf (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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Taxonomic note
A synonym of this taxon is Gastridium reflexum (Chauvin) Bertoloni 1862, Fl. Ital. Cryptog. 2: 89, with basionym Lomentaria reflexa Chauvin 1831, but the former is illegitimate [INA] - (08 June 2016) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Citing AlgaeBase
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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 06 June 2025
