Aegagropila flaccida (Kützing) Kützing 1854

Publication Details
Aegagropila flaccida (Kützing) Kützing 1854: 16, t. 73, fig. 2

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1854). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. IV pp. i-xvi, 1-23, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Aegagropila is Aegagropila linnaei Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladophora vagabunda (Linnaeus) C.Hoek.

Basionym
Cladophora flaccida Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Adriatic Sea; (Hoek 1963: 147)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1973).

Created: 27 May 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 27 February 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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