Elachista flaccida (Dillwyn) Fries 1835
Current name:
Elachista flaccida (Dillwyn) Fries
Elachista flaccida over Cystoseira baccata, Ría de A. Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio Bárbara"
Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Elachista flaccida (Dillwyn) Fries 1835: 317
Published in: Fries, E.M. (1835). Corpus florarum provincialium Sueciae. I. Floram scanicam. pp. [i]-xxiv, [1]-394. Upsaliae [Uppsala]: typis Palmblad, Serell & C.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Elachista is Elachista scutellata Duby.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Conferva flaccida Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: On Fucus fibrosus [Gongolaria baccata (S.G.Gmelin) Molinari & Guiry], Santon Sands, [North] Devon, Miss Hill.; (Dillwyn 1809: 53)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 June 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024