Chaetophora marina Lyngbye 1819

Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne

Current name: Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne
Avery Point, Groton, Connecticut, USA; unattached and free floating in the drift - 21 June 2008. Courtnay Janiak (theseaweedknot@hotmail.com)

Publication Details
Chaetophora marina Lyngbye 1819: 193, pl. 66

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetophora is Chaetophora lobata Schrank.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), growing in the sea (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 July 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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