Gigartina crassicaulis (C.Agardh) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1933
Current name:
Sarcothalia crassifolia (C.Agardh) Edyvane & Womersley
Sarcothalia crassifolia, Fossil Island, Pirates Bay, Tasmania - 01 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gigartina crassicaulis (C.Agardh) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1933: 294
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1933). A preliminary survey of Gigartina, with special reference to its Pacific North American species. University of California Publications in Botany 17: 255-339, Plates 46-65.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarcothalia crassifolia (C.Agardh) Edyvane & Womersley.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus crassifolius C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "Nouv. Holl" [Australia]; (Edyvane & Womersley 1994: 296) Lectotype: LD; herb. Agardh 23557 (Edyvane & Womersley 1994: 296) Notes: Edyvane & Womersley (1994: 296) gives the following data for the type: Type from “Nouv. Holl.” (from Desfontaines); lectotype (“Fucus Tt”) in Herb. Agardh, LD, 23557 (a smaller fragment 23556); and in PC.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 August 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024