Sphaerococcus verruculosus (A.Bertoloni) C.Agardh 1822

Rissoella verruculosa (A.Bertoloni) J.Agardh

Current name: Rissoella verruculosa (A.Bertoloni) J.Agardh
Le Vasche, near Calafuria, Livorno, Italy; habit of a population forming brown-orange patches in mid littoral zone - 16 April 2007. Fabio Rindi (f.rindi@univpm.it)

Publication Details
Sphaerococcus verruculosus (A.Bertoloni) C.Agardh 1822: 265

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: probably Oct 1822

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rissoella verruculosa (A.Bertoloni) J.Agardh.

Basionym
Fucus verruculosus A.Bertoloni

Type Information
Type locality: in Lunae Portu [Golfo della Spezia, Italy]; (Bertoloni 1818: 290)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered with small wart-like outgrowths (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 January 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 August 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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