Gigartina papillata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1846

Publication Details
Gigartina papillata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1846: pl. XIX

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1846). Caroli Ad. Agardh Icones algarum ineditae. Fasculi qui exstant duo. pp. 1-6, pls I-XX. Lundae.

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 papillatus (C.Agardh) Kützing.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus papillatus C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad insulam Owaihee lectum communicavit Chamisso" [Hawaiian Islands]; (Agardh 1821: [iv]) Lectotype: Chamisso; 1816; LD (Herbarium Agardh); 23883 (specimen in the upper right ) (Lindstrom et al. 2011: 669) Notes: The delcared Hawaiian origin is clearly an error; see Setchell & Gardner (1933: 288) and Wynne (2010: 39). Lectotype selected by Lindstrom et al. (2011: 669); type locality: Golden Gate, San Francisco, California.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 October 2007

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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