Gracilaria spinescens (Kützing) J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Gracilaria spinescens (Kützing) J.Agardh 1876: 418
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria edulis (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus spinescens Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: New Caledonia; (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 546) Holotype: Vieillard; L; 941,51-64 (barcode L 0055916) (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 546) Notes: Holotype: Vieillard #1924.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 February 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 September 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 April 2024
