Nostoc marinum C.Agardh, nom. inval.
Publication details
Nostoc marinum C.Agardh 1810: 45, nom. inval.
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1810). Dispositio algarum Sueciae, quam, publico examini subjiciunt Carl Adolf Agardh...& Gustav Sannberg Blekingus die viii decembris mdcccx. p. i. h. & l.s. pp. Pars 1: [1]-16. Lundae: Litteris Berlingianis.
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Publication date: 8 Dec 1810
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nostoc is Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), growing in the sea (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
The genus Tremella Linnaeus (1753: 1157) was lectotypified by Tremella nostoc Linnaeus by Donk (1958: 245). As this is an entity with a later starting point (ICBN Art. 13.1, Nostocaceae heterocystaceae), under the provisions of ICBN Art. 13.2, all included species in the genus Tremella thus also have a later starting point (1 January 1886), regardless of their current generic placement. Tremella difformis Linnaeus (1755: 429) is thus not a valid name dating from 1755. Nostoc marinum C. Agardh (1812: 45) is similarly invalid. The earliest valid name that can be used for the entity widely known as Leathesia difformis is Chaetophora marina Lyngbye (Pedroche et al. 2008: 60). Leathesia difformis can be ascribed to J.E. Areschoug, 1847, but priority must be given to Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne, 1842. - (12 Mar 2009) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
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Source of current name
Pedroche, P.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar Rosas, R. (2008). Catálogo de las algas benthónicas del Pacífico de México II. Phaeophycota. pp. [i-viii], i-vi, 15-146. Mexicali & Berkeley: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; University of California Berkeley.
Created: 01 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry
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