Chondria forsteri (Mertens ex Turner) C.Agardh 1823

Publication Details
Chondria forsteri (Mertens ex Turner) C.Agardh 1823: 343

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1823). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [vii-viii], [399]-531. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: early 1823

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laurencia forsteri (Mertens ex Turner) Greville.

Source of Synonymy
Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

Basionym
Fucus forsteri Mertens ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "New Zealand. Sir C. P. Thunberg.—Coast of New Holland, parasitical upon other Fuci. Mr. Menzies."; (Turner 1808-1809: 16) Lectotype: Mr Menzies; BM; (Womersley 2003: 462) Notes: Lectotype selected by Saito & Womersley (1974: 824).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 October 2003 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025

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