Cladophora mertensii (Yendo) De Toni 1889

Publication Details
Cladophora mertensii (Yendo) De Toni 1889: 317

Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1889). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. I. Chlorophyceae. pp. [3]-12, [i]-cxxxix, 1-1315. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

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Publication date: 25 July 1889

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spongomorpha mertensii (Yendo) Setchell & N.L.Gardner.

Source of Synonymy
Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1920). The marine algae of the Pacific coast of North America. Part II. Chlorophyceae. University of California Publications in Botany 8: 139-374, pls 9-33.

Basionym
Acrosiphonia mertensii Yendo

Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), named for Dr Mertens

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 11 August 2009

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 August 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 July 2025

 
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