Cladophora tomentosa Suringar 1867

Publication Details
Cladophora tomentosa Suringar 1867: 257, no fig.

Published in: Suringar, W.F.R. (1867). Algarum iaponicarum Musei Botanici L.B. index praecursorius. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 3: 256-259.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "In statione ut apparet ex prothalliis filicuin aliisque immixtis, humida sylvatica." [presumably Japan]; (Suringar 1867: 258)Algae immixtae : Liparogyra circularis ehr., Sirosiphon vermicularis n. sp. et Bulbotrichia botryoides kg. [Mixed algae: [with] Liparogyra circularis ehr., Sirosiphon vermicularis n. sp. and Bulbotrichia botryoides kg.]; Notes: The type locality for Sirosiphon vermicularis is 'in terra humida Iaponiae' [In the humid land of Japan] p. 257. A similar locality is given for Bulbotrichia botryoides p. 258.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tomentose, i.e., thickly and evenly covered with short more or less adpressed curled or curved matted hairs (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 November 2023

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Roberta Cowan in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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