Gigartina lancifolia Harvey 1860

Polyopes lancifolius (Harvey) Kawaguchi & Wang

Current name: Polyopes lancifolius (Harvey) Kawaguchi & Wang
Lung-tung, Taipei County, Taiwan. 1997. 4. 22. Photo by Huang Su-fang, National Taiwan Museum, from http://www.ntm.gov.tw/seaweeds.Sue Huang (sfhuang@ntm.gov.tw)

Publication Details
Gigartina lancifolia Harvey 1860: 332

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1860). Characters of new algae, chiefly from Japan and adjacent regions, collected by Charles Wright in the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Captain James Rodgers. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4: 327-335.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyopes lancifolius (Harvey) Kawaguchi & Wang.

Type Information
Type locality: "Hakodadi Bay, Japan ; on rocks at low tide." [Hakodate Bay, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan]; (Harvey 1860: 332) Lectotype: C. Wright; TCD; (Masuda & al. 1995: 195, fig. 10)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with lance-shaped leaves.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 November 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 January 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 January 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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