Cystoseira epiphytica Schiffner ex Gerloff & Nizamuddin 1976
Publication Details
Cystoseira epiphytica Schiffner ex Gerloff & Nizamuddin 1976: 165, pls 1-3
Published in: Gerloff, J. & Nizamuddin, M. (1976). New species of the genus Cystoseira C. Ag.. Nova Hedwigia 27: 167-182.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
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: Rovinj, Yugoslavia; (INA 1996) Type: Schiffner; 14.vii.1914; Herb. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vindobon; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 November 2022
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Taxonomic note
Thibaut (2015: 219-220) comment: "Cystoseira epiphytica Schiffner ex Gerloff & Nizamuddin (1976: 165-167, pls 1-3) was hitherto treated as a later heterotypic synonym of C. humilis (Guiry and Guiry, 2014). However, when Gerloff and Nizamuddin (1976) validated 'Cystoseira epiphytica Schiffner' (nomen in sched.) from the Adriatic Sea, they specified: 'C. epiphytica resembles C. compressa (Esper) Gerloff and Nizam. in possessing flat, primary axes (if and when present)', and 'C. epiphytica appears to be nearer to C. abrotanifolia subsp. pustulata of Ercegovic (1952) which has the similar arrangement of cryptostomata'. In our opinion, the only difference between C. epiphytica and C. compressa subsp. pustulata is its epiphytic development on other species of Cystoseira, and we consider the two taxa as putative synonyms." Furnari (e-mail 17 March 2015) writes" "I am strongly convinced that C. epiphytica is synonym of C. humilis". - (04 March 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2025
