Urospora wormskioldii (Mertens) Rosenvinge 1893

Publication Details
Urospora wormskioldii (Mertens) Rosenvinge 1893: 920

Published in: Rosenvinge, L.K. (1893). Grønlands Havalger. Meddelelser om Grønland 3: 763-981, 57 figs, 2 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Urospora is Urospora mirabilis Areschoug.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva wormskioldii Mertens

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad littora Gothaab, Grönlandia" [Nuuk, Greenland]; (Hornemann 1816: 6) Type: Wormskiold; C; (Yoshida 1998: 79) Notes: Burrows (1991) selected Hornemann's plate (Hornemann 1816, pl. MDXLVII) as lectotype. Yoshida, however, reports material in C which would take precedence.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 September 2021

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024

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