Pelvetia Decaisne & Thuret, 1845

Holotype species: Pelvetia canaliculata (Linnaeus) Decaisne & Thuret

Publication details: Decaisne & Thuret, 1845: 13

Original publication and holotype designation: Decaisne, J. & Thuret, G. (1845). Recherches sur les anthéridies et les spores de quelques Fucus. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Troisième série 3: 5-15, pls 1, 2: 40 figs.

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Description: Hermaphrodita. Receptacula terminalia cum fronde continua obtusa v. emarginata rugulosa. Conceptacula antheridis sporisque intermixtis, filamentis articulatis stipatis; repleta. Sporae primo simplices, dein in sporulas 2 divisae. Episporium tenue ciIiatum. -Aigae marinre frondibus ecostatis subdichotomis, canaliculatis, caespitosis.

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-10-16 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Silberfeld, T., Rousseau, F. & Reviers, B. de (2014). An updated classification of brown algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie 35(2): 117-156, 1 fig., 1 table.

Nomenclatural note
"Hocce genus, clarissimo D^o Pelvet, rerum naturaliumm Neustriarum prresertim Algarum studiosissimo, dicamus." [Dedicated to Dr Pelvet, a 19th-century French naturalist and physician.] - (03 November 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 July 2025