Kaliformia opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Stackhouse 1816
Current name:
Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; turf at MHWN - 26 January 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Kaliformia opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Stackhouse 1816: xii
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kaliformia is Kaliformia verticillata (Lightfoot) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine.
Basionym
Fucus opuntia Goodenough & Woodward
Type Information
Type locality: Tenby, Pembroke, Wales; (Silva & al. 1996: 281)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 March 2024
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
