Sphacelaria caespitula Lyngbye 1819
Publication Details
Sphacelaria caespitula Lyngbye 1819: 105, pl. 32A
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sphaceloderma caespitulum (Lyngbye) Draisma, Prud'homme & H.Kawai.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Naes, Østerø, Faeroes; (Silva & al. 1996: 575) Lectotype: Lyngbye; 29.vii.1817; ad stipitem Fuci digitali inter Conferva Rothii; C; (Draisma, Prud'homme van Reine & Kawai 2010: 321) Notes: LD (Draisma et al. 2010). LT fide Prud'homme van Reine, 80-81, 1982 (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), little tuft (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 July 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2024