Choreocolax tumidus Reinsch 1875
Publication Details
Choreocolax tumidus Reinsch 1875: 65, pl. LX ['Choreocolax spec.']
Published in: Reinsch, P.F. (1875 '1874/75'). Contributiones ad algologiam et fungologiam. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-xii, [1]-103, [104, err.], 131 plates [I-III, IIIa, IV-VI, VIa, VII-XII, XIIa, XIII-XX, XXa, XXI-XXXV, XXXVa, XXXVI (Melanophyceae); I-XLII, XLIIa, XLIII-XLVII, XLVIIa, XLVIII-LXI (Rhodophyceae); I-XVIII (Chlorophyllophyceae); I-IX (Fungi)]. Norimbergae [Nürnberg]: Typis Theodor Haesslein.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Choreocolax is Choreocolax polysiphoniae Reinsch.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: West Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA.; (Reinsch 1875: 65) Notes: in Ceramio involuto (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), swollen (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 April 2017
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024