Asperococcus compressus A.W.Griffiths ex W.J.Hooker 1833
Current name:
Asperococcus ensiformis (Delle Chiaje) M.J.Wynne
Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2013,Ignacio Barbara
Publication Details
Asperococcus compressus A.W.Griffiths ex W.J.Hooker 1833: 278
Published in: [Hooker, W.J.] (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 250-259. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Asperococcus ensiformis (Delle Chiaje) M.J.Wynne.
Type Information
Type locality: Sidmouth, England; (Womersley 1987: 320) Type: Griffiths; BM; (Womersley 1987: 320)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 July 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024