Costaria mertensii J.Agardh 1848
Publication Details
Costaria mertensii J.Agardh 1848: 140
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Costaria is Costaria turneri Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Costaria costata (C.Agardh) De A.Saunders.
Type Information
Type locality: Ad oras sept. Americae; (Agardh 1848: 140)
Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), named for Dr Mertens
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 October 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 October 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 October 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
