Gigartina mammillosa var. latissima Harvey 1862

Publication Details
Gigartina mammillosa var. latissima Harvey 1862: 172

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1862). Notice of a collection of algae made on the northwest coast of North America, chiefly at Vancouver Island, by David Lyall, Esq., M.D., R.N., in the years 1859-1861. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany 6: 157-177.

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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 Mastocarpus latissimus (Harvey) S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone.

Source of Synonymy
Lindstrom, S.C., Hughey, J.R. & Martone, P.T. (2011). New, resurrected and redefined species of Mastocarpus (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta) from the northeast Pacific. Phycologia 50(6): 661-683.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Victoria Harbour (Esquimalt), Vancouver Island, British Columbia; (Lindstrom et al. 2011: 671) Lectotype: Lyall; February 1860; LD (Herbarium Agardh); 23855 (left-hand specimen) (Lindstrom et al. 2011: 671) Notes: Lectotypified by Setchell & Gardner 1933:285, pl. 60 (Lindstrom et al. 2011).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 November 2021

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Nomenclatural note
The oiriginal spelling of the specific epithet was "mammillosus" and is adopted here. - (05 September 2019) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025