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.

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Publication 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.

Source of Synonymy
Lyra, D. de M., Iha, C., Grassa, C.J., Cai, L., Zhang, H.G., Lane, C., Blouin, N., Oliveira, M.C., Nunes, J. M de C. & Davis, C.C. (2021). Phylogenomics, divergence time estimation and trait evolution provide a new look into the Gracilariales (Rhodophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 165(107294): [1-14], 4 figures.

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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Taxonomic note
According to Millar & Prud'homme van Reine (2005: 546), Sphaerococcus spinescens Kützing 1868 is the basionym of this species, which is considered conspecific with the earlier G. edulis (S. Gmelin)Silva (Withell et al. 1994). According to Gurgel & Fredericq (2004), the latter is a synonym of Hydropuntia edulis (S. Gmelin) Gurgel & Fredericq. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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