Gigartina macrocarpa J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Gigartina macrocarpa J.Agardh 1876: 683
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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: N. New Zealand; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 118) Type: LD; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 118)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with large fruit.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 December 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024