Ulva fistulosa Hudson 1778
Current name:
Asperococcus fistulosus (Hudson) W.J.Hooker
Muigh Inis, Co. Galway; intertidal lagoon - 13 July 2018. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Ulva fistulosa Hudson 1778: 569
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1778). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum BritanniƦ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopƦorum. Tomus II. Editio altera, emendata et aucta.. pp. [i], 335-690. Londini [London]: impensis auctoris: prostant venales apud J. Nourse, in the Strand.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Asperococcus fistulosus (Hudson) W.J.Hooker.
Type Information
Type locality: England; (Womersley 1987: 322)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fistulate, hollow throughout but closed at ends (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024