Ahnfeltia fastigiata (Endlicher) Makienko 1970

Current name: Ahnfeltia fastigiata (Endlicher) Makienko
Ahnfeltiospsis fastigiata, Cressy Beach, Tasmania, Australia; sunken cystocarps - 03 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Ahnfeltia fastigiata (Endlicher) Makienko 1970: 1086

Published in: Makienko, V.F. (1970). K sistematike vidov Ahnfeltia Fries iz dal'nevostochnykh morej SSSR. Botanicheskij Zhurnal SSSR 55: 1077-1087, 3 figs, 2 tables, 2 plates.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ahnfeltia is Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M.Fries.

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

Basionym
Chondrus fastigiatus Endlicher

Type Information
Type locality: Sitka, Alaska, USA; Type: LE; (Yoshida 1998: 828) Notes: Based on Gigartina fastigiata Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 16 nom. illeg.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit (occasionally meaning branched reaching to the same height) (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 May 2022

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Habitat notes
Intertidal zone (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009). - (10 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
From low to mid (rarely upper) intertidal pools or in the exposed low intertidal to subtidal depths of 8 m, growing attached to rocks and commonly associated with sandy habitats (Milstein & Saunders 2012). - (22 June 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025