Myrsidrum bursa (Linnaeus) Rafinesque

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Chlorophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Chlorophyta
Subphylum Chlorophytina
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Dasycladales
Family Dasycladaceae
Genus Myrsidrum

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Denia, Alicante, Spain. 02 Nov 2014. Isabel Rubio Perez. © marmenormarmayor.es.

upper subtidal, Marseille, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

upper subtidal, Marseille, France, 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

subtidal (17 m depth), over maërl, South of Portugal, 2008. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Selce, northern Croatia. 26 Mar 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger. © Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net).

Bari, Italy. Gianni Felicini. © Gianni Felicini (gfelih@alice.it).

Bari, Italy. Gianni Felicini. © Gianni Felicini (gfelih@alice.it).

Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh Selce, northern Croatia
© Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net)

Publication details
Myrsidrum bursa (Linnaeus) Rafinesque 1910: 98

Published in: Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi. pp. [i-iii], [i]-105, pls I-XXIX. Palermo: per le Stampe di Sanfilippo.
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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 Codium bursa (Olivi) C.Agardh

Basionym
Lamarckia bursa Olivi

Origin of species name
Noun (Latin), A genus name used by C. Bauhin; also a purse; originally an oxhide, animal skin (Newton 1931).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Source of current name
Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 01 January 2018 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 February 2019.