Gigartina lichenoides J.V.Lamouroux
Publication details
Gigartina lichenoides J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 137
Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, pls 7-13.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), like a lichen.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
New name (intended combination of Fucus lichenoides Turner 1809 (illeg.) (INA). - (27 May 2015) - Wendy Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Lyra, G.D.M., Costa, E.D.S., Jesus, P.B. de, Matos, J.C.G. de, Caires, T.A., Oliveira, M.C., Oliveira, E.C., Xi, Z., Nunes, J.M.D.C. & Davis, C.C. (2015). Phylogeny of Gracilariaceae (Rhodophyte): evidence from plastid and mitochondrial nucleotide sequences. Journal of Phycology 51(2): 356-366.
Key references
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: 1-1259.
Created: 24 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 May 2015 by Wendy Guiry
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