Corallina gallioides Lamarck 1815
Publication Details
Corallina gallioides Lamarck 1815: 239
Published in: Lamarck, J.B. de (1815). Suite et fin des polypiers corticiferes. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris 2: 227-240.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metagoniolithon gallioides (Lamarck) Ducker.
Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. & Johansen, H.W. (1996). Subfamily Metagoniolithoideae Johansen 1969. In: The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Rhodophyta. Part IIIB, Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 317-323. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
Type Information
Type locality: "Habite. les mers Australes ou de la Nouvelle-Hollande. Péron et Lesueur."; (Lamarck 1815: 240) Type: PC?;
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 January 2016
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Taxonomic note
Womersley & Johansen in Womersley (1996: 321) cite ?Corallina gallioides Lamarck 1815 as a synonym of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker. Included in the synonymy of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker by Ducker (1979: 88) with a question mark. - (11 May 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025
