Corynospora furcellata (J.Agardh) Levring 1974

Current name: Anotrichium furcellatum (J.Agardh) Baldock
Ría de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2008Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Corynospora furcellata (J.Agardh) Levring 1974: 91

Published in: Levring, T. (1974). The marine algae of the Archipelago of Madeira. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (História Natural) 28: 5-111.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Corynospora is Corynospora pedicellata (Smith) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Anotrichium furcellatum (J.Agardh) Baldock.

Source of Synonymy
Baldock, R.N. (1976). The Griffithsieae group of the Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyta) and its southern Australian representatives. Australian Journal of Botany 24: 509-593, 92 figs.

Basionym
Griffithsia furcellata J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Propre Amalfi regni Neapolitani (near Amalfi, Napoli, Italy); (Agardh 1842: 76)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), forked; having a small notch at apex (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 November 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 June 2025