Gigartina radula var. exasperata (Bailey & Harvey) Farlow 1876
Current name:
Chondracanthus exasperatus (Harvey & Bailey) Hughey
Bamfield, Vancouver Island, Canada; plants at low water - 27 April 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gigartina radula var. exasperata (Bailey & Harvey) Farlow 1876: 700
Published in: Farlow, W.G. (1876). List of the marine algae of the United States. Report of the United States Fish Commissioner 1873/1875: 691-718.
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 Chondracanthus exasperatus (Harvey & Bailey) Hughey.
Basionym
Gigartina exasperata Harvey & Bailey
Type Information
Type locality: Oposite Fort Nisqually, Puget Sound, Washington, USA; (Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 137) Lectotype: cystocarpic specimen: 1838-1842; TCD; 94544 (Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 137)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 July 2022
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024