Annulina rupestris (Linnaeus) Link 1820
Current name:
Rama rupestris (Linnaeus) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello
Spanish Point, Co. Clare, Ireland; lower intertidal on Corallina - 04 August 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Annulina rupestris (Linnaeus) Link 1820: 4
Published in: Link, H.F. (1820). Epistola ad virum celeberrimum Nees ab Esenbeck...de algis aquaticis, in genera disponendis. In: Horae physicae berolinenses. (Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. Eds), pp. 1-8. Bonnae [Bonn]: Sumtibus Adolphi Marcus.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Annulina is Conferva glomerata Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rama rupestris (Linnaeus) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello.
Basionym
Conferva rupestris Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Europeae marinis rupibus copioissima [Bognor Regis, Sussex, England]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1167) Lectotype: OXF; herb. Dillenius (Hoek 1969: 19, 64) Notes: Herb. Dillenius as Conferva marina trichodes ramosior Dillenius, 1741, upper specimen and lower left-hand specimen of the herbarium sheet.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), rocky, rock-dwelling (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 06 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024