Corallopsis minor (Sonder) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Corallopsis minor (Sonder) J.Agardh 1876: 400

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallopsis is Corallopsis salicornia (C.Agardh) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria minor (Sonder) Durairatnam.

Source of Synonymy
Durairatnam, M. (1961). Contribution to the study of the marine algae of Ceylon. Bulletin Fisheries Research Station, Ceylon 10: [1]-181, 32 pls.

Basionym
Corallopsis salicornia var. minor Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Cape York, Queensland, Australia; (Sonder 1871: 56)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), smaller, inferior, lesser (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 February 2024

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Taxonomic note
Abbott (1995: 192) cites this as a synonym of Gracilaria salicornia (C. Agardh) Dawson. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025

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