Gigartina corymbifera (Kützing) J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Gigartina corymbifera (Kützing) J.Agardh 1876: 202
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.
Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
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 corymbiferus (Kützing) Guiry.
Basionym
Mastocarpus corymbiferus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: In sinu Californica [Monterey, Monterey Co., California, USA; Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 143]; (Kützing 1847: 24) Holotype: Dr T. Coulter; 1831-1833; L; 941.27.135 (Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 143)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bearing corymbs.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 August 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024