Gigartina crassifolia (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1842

Sarcothalia crassifolia (C.Agardh) Edyvane & Womersley

Current name: Sarcothalia crassifolia (C.Agardh) Edyvane & Womersley
Sarcothalia crassifolia, Fossil Island, Pirates Bay, Tasmania - 01 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Gigartina crassifolia (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1842: 104

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. pp. [i]-x, 1-164. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Fortin, Masson et Cie.

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Publication date: 9 April 1842

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 Sarcothalia crassifolia (C.Agardh) Edyvane & Womersley.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus crassifolius C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Nouv. Holl" [Australia]; (Edyvane & Womersley 1994: 296) Lectotype: LD; herb. Agardh 23557 (Edyvane & Womersley 1994: 296) Notes: Edyvane & Womersley (1994: 296) gives the following data for the type: Type from “Nouv. Holl.” (from Desfontaines); lectotype (“Fucus Tt”) in Herb. Agardh, LD, 23557 (a smaller fragment 23556); and in PC.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

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

 
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