Ectocarpus confervoides f. penicillatus (C.Agardh) Kjellman 1872

Publication Details
Ectocarpus confervoides f. penicillatus (C.Agardh) Kjellman 1872: 80

Published in: Kjellman, F.R. (1872). Bidrag till kännedomen om Skandinaviens Ectocarpeer och Tilopterider. pp. 1-112, 2 plates. Stockholm: Akademisk afhandling Upsala.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ectocarpus penicillatus (C.Agardh) Kjellman.

Source of Synonymy
Kjellman, F.R. (1890). Handbok i Skandinaviens hafsalgflora. I. Fucoideae. pp. [i]- vi, 1-103, 17 figs. Stockholm: Oscar L. Lamms Förlag.

Basionym
Ectocarpus siliculosus var. penicillatus C.Agardh

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 16 October 2024

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Taxonomic note
Includes Ectocarpus confervoides sensu Waern (1952), p. 113; Ectocarpus siliculosus (confervoides type) sensu Kim & Lee (1992a), p. 230; Ectocarpus siliculosus sensu Lee (2008), p. 7, according to Fletcher (2024: 464). - (16 October 2024) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025