Griffithsia globifera (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Griffithsia globifera (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 67
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.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Griffithsia globulifera Harvey ex Kützing.
Basionym
Griffithsia corallina var. globifera Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Greenport, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.; (Harvey 1853: 228) Type: TCD?;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), globe-carrying, with a spherical organ (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 December 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 October 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
