Chaetophora berkeleyi Greville 1832
Current name:
Petrospongium berkeleyi (Greville) Nägeli ex Kützing
microscope, Spain, Asturias, Silencio beach, 2006; unilocular sporangiaIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Chaetophora berkeleyi Greville 1832: 5, pl. 1: fig. 2
Published in: Berkeley, M.J. (1832). Gleanings of British algae; being an appendix to the supplement to English Botany. , pls 1-12. London: C.E. Sowerby.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 November 1832
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetophora is Chaetophora lobata Schrank.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Petrospongium berkeleyi (Greville) Nägeli ex Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Harvey, W.H. (1848). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. text with plates, pls CXLV-CCXVI [145-216]. London: Reeve & Benham.
Type Information
Type locality: Torquay, on marble rocks, summer 1825 (Berkeley); (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 April 2015
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 October 2024
