Chaetangium ovale (Suhr) Papenfuss 1940

Publication Details
Chaetangium ovale (Suhr) Papenfuss 1940: 213-214

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chaetangium is Chaetangium ornatum (Linnaeus) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nothogenia ovalis (Suhr) P.G.Parkinson.

Basionym
Dumontia ovalis Suhr

Type Information
Type locality: "Cap der guten Hoffnung, von Drège" [Cape of Good Hope, collected by von Drège]; (Suhr 1840: 274) Notes: According to Drège (1841: 111, 180) as "Dumnotia auricula Suhr" (a nomen nudum) was collected at Tafelbaai, bei der Stadt und auf Paardeneiland, Mai, Juni. [Table Bay, South Africa].

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), oval, elliptical, i.e., broadest at the middle, the sides curved and length:breadth generally 2:1 (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 April 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

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 19 April 2024

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