Gelidium capense (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gelidiales
Family Gelidiaceae
Genus Gelidium
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Publication details
Gelidium capense (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva in P.C.Silva, E.G.Meñez, & Moe 1987: 26
Original publication: Silva, P.C., Meñez, E.G. & Moe, R.L. (1987). Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Sciences 27: [i-ii] iii-iv, 1-179, 2 figs, 1 table.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus capensis S.G.Gemelin
Type information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 134).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus capensis S.G.Gemelin 1768
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Gelidium capense (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva)
Africa: Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Norris 1992, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997, Santelices 1999, Kim et al. 2012).
Indian Ocean Islands: Amsterdam Island (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), St. Paul Island (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-west Asia: Oman (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-east Asia: Indonesia (Atmadja & Prud'homme van Reine 2012), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987).
Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996: 135), the name Gelidium asperum has been misapplied to this species by several authors; the name Gelidium cartilagineum has been misapplied to this species by several authors; the name Gelidium corneum has been misapplied to this species by Barton (1893: 172 (Krauss record)); the name Gelidium robustum has been misapplied to this species by Stegenga (1988: 383); the name Gelidium versicolor has been misapplied to this species by several authors
Nomenclatural notes
According to Silva, Basson & Moe (1996: 135), specimens of this this species from the Indian Ocean have ... usually but incorrectly been called Gelidium cartilagineum (L.) Gaillon or G. versicolor (S. Gmelin) Lamouroux. Dixon (1967) showed that Fucus cartilagineus Linnaeus (1753: 1161) is referable to Plocamium and considered Fucus versicolor S. Gmelin (1768: 158) the earliest name for this species of Gelidium. However, as shown by P. Silva (in P. Silva, Meñez, & Moe, 1987: 26), F. versicolor is a superfluous [and thus illegitimate] name for Fucus abrotanifolius (Linnaeus, 1753: 1161), which in turn is referable to Cystoseira. The earliest available name is this F. capensis.
Key references
Santelices, B. (1999). Patterns of carposporangial production among species of Gelidium (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species Vol. VII. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.7, pp. 55-69. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Gelidium&species=capense
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=Gelidium&Species=capense
Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. 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 22 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:75801
