Gigartina confervoides var. plicata (Esper) Lyngbye 1819

Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M.Fries

Current name: Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M.Fries
Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2008Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Gigartina confervoides var. plicata (Esper) Lyngbye 1819: 43

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 Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M.Fries.

Basionym
Fucus plicatus Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in littoribus marinis [Dwells on marine shores, England]; (Hudson 1762: 470) Lectotype: BM; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 213) Notes: Lectotype: BM. An unlocalized, undated Hudson specimen accepted as of provisional lectotype status. England.

Origin of Species Name
Compound (Latin), resembling the genus Conferva.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 April 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 September 2004

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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