Galaxaura obtusata var. oblongata (J.Ellis & Solander) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Galaxaura obtusata var. oblongata (J.Ellis & Solander) J.Agardh 1876: 525

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 Galaxaura is Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tricleocarpa fragilis (Linnaeus) Huisman & R.A.Townsend.

Basionym
Corallina oblongata J.Ellis & Solander

Type Information
Type locality: West Indies; (Huisman & Borowitzka 1990: 168) Lectotype: Ellis & Solander 1786: pl 22, fig. 4 (lectotypified by Papenfuss et al 1982): (Huisman & Borowitzka 1990: 168)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 March 2017

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