Conferva paradoxa Roth 1806
Current name:
Spermatochnus paradoxus (Roth) Kützing
Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland; lower-shore pools - 11 August 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Conferva paradoxa Roth 1806: 33
Published in: Roth, A.G. [=A.W.] (1806). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus tertius cum tabulis aenaeis XII. pp. [i-viii], [1]-350, [1-2, index pi.], [1-6, index] [1, err.], pls I-XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Conferva is Conferva rupestris Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spermatochnus paradoxus (Roth) Kützing.
Type Information
Type locality: Kiels, Heiligenhafen; (Athanasiadis 1996: 161) Notes: Womersley (1987) gives the following data: Type from Kieler Bight, Germany; destroyed.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), paradoxical.
Created: 29 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 June 2005
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 June 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024