Ectocarpus mertensii (Turner) C.Agardh 1828
Publication Details
Ectocarpus mertensii (Turner) C.Agardh 1828: 47
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].
Request PDFPublication date: Sept-Dec 1828
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 Tilopteris mertensii (Turner) Kützing.
Basionym
Conferva mertensii Turner
Type Information
Type locality: Yarmouth [Norfolk, England]; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Mr. Wigg; BM;
Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), named for Dr Mertens
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 August 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
