Ectocarpus brachiatus Harvey

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Ectocarpales
Family Ectocarpaceae
Genus Ectocarpus

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Publication details
Ectocarpus brachiatus Harvey 1841: 42, nom. illeg.

Original publication: Harvey, W.H. (1841). A manual of the British algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of the known British species of sea-weeds and of Confervae both marine and fresh-water. pp. [i-v]-lvii, [1]-229. London: John Van Voorst.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Stictyosiphon griffithsianus (Le Jolis) Holmes & Batters

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), branched at right angles.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ectocarpus brachiatus Harvey)
Ireland: Antrim (Hanna 1899).

Europe: Ireland (Hanna 1899).

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ectocarpus&species=brachiatus

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Ectocarpus&Species=brachiatus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 02 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 03 May 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 259 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Le Jolis, A. (1861). On the synonymy of Ectocarpus brachiatus. Transactions of the Botanical Society [Edinburgh] 7: 36-37.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=18072

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:108829