Chorda filum var. tomentosa (Lyngbye) Areschoug 1847

Current name: Halosiphon tomentosus (Lyngbye) Jaasund
Halosiphon tomentosus Photo taken in the Hohwachter Bight, Baltic Sea, Germany Depth: 2m Time: 15th of April 2004 - 15 April 2004. Dirk Schories (dirk.schories@gmx.de)

Publication Details
Chorda filum var. tomentosa (Lyngbye) Areschoug 1847: 365

Published in: Areschoug, J.E. (1847). Phycearum, quae in maribus Scandinaviae crescunt, enumeratio. Sectio prior Fucaceas continens. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 13: 223-382, pls I-IX.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chorda is Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halosiphon tomentosus (Lyngbye) Jaasund.

Source of Synonymy
Jaasund, E. (1957). Marine algae from northern Norway. II. Botaniska Notiser 110: 205-231.

Basionym
Chorda tomentosa Lyngbye

Type Information
Type locality: ad rupes maritimas Norvegiae prope Öster-Riisöer; ante ostium sinus Oxefiord Norvegia; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), a thread (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 06 November 2024

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Taxonomic note
Combination previously prposed by Kützing 1845, Phyc. Germ.: 268, with the same Basionym. (See INA) - (21 April 2025) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025