Gymnogongrus dilatatus (Turner) J.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Phyllophoraceae
Genus Gymnogongrus

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Publication details
Gymnogongrus dilatatus (Turner) J.Agardh 1851: 326

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gymnogongrus is Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus dilatatus Turner

Type information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 319).

Origin of species name
(Latin), broadened, expanded, spread out, or widened.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus dilatatus Turner 1811
Sphaerococcus dilatatus (Turner) C.Agardh 1817
Pachycarpus dilatatus (Turner) Kützing 1843

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Actinococcus latior F.Schmitz 1893

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Gymnogongrus dilatatus (Turner) J.Agardh)
Africa: Namibia (Rull Lluch 2002, John et al. 2004), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).

South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987).

(as Actinococcus latior F.Schmitz)
Africa: Namibia (Price, John & Lawson 1986).

Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Gymnogongrus&species=dilatatus

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Gymnogongrus&Species=dilatatus

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 25 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 481 times since it was created.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:74957