Chondria muscoides C.Agardh 1822
Publication Details
Chondria muscoides C.Agardh 1822: 361
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
Publication date: probably Oct 1822
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acanthophora muscoides (Linnaeus) Bory.
Source of Synonymy
Bory de St. Vincent, J.B. (1828). Botanique, Cryptogamie. In: Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. (Duperrey, L.I. Eds), pp. 97-200. Paris: Bertrand.
Type Information
Type locality: Brazil; (de Jong, Hitipeuw & Prud'Homme van Reine 1999: 133) Neotype: LD; 94/068.9765 (nº38011) (de Jong, Hitipeuw & Prud'Homme van Reine 1999: 131) Notes: Agardh's specimen, Chondria muscoides from Brazil, inscribed "Chondria muscoides Ag. ad oras Brasiliam & ex. mus. Paris dedit Desfontaines", deposited in small fragments at the herbarium of Lund is proposed as neotype by de Jong et al. (1999).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling a moss (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 March 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 February 2015
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Taxonomic note
= Acanthophora muscoides. Specimen no. 38011 chosen as neotype (LD 94068.9765) by de Jong et al. (1999). In the opinion of Perrone et al. (2006), this belongs to Acanthophora spicifera and the specimen numbered 38012, on the same sheet, belongs to A. ramulosa. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 February 2025