Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1817
Publication Details
Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1817: xviii (as 'Tenuissima')
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chondria capillaris (Hudson) M.J.Wynne.
Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (1991). A change in the name of the type of Chondria C. Agardh (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Taxon 40: 316-318.
Basionym
Fucus tenuissimus Withering
Type Information
Syntype localities: "On the Southern coasts, near Christ Church Hants. At Weymouth. Near Margate. Summer."; (Withering 1796: 117) Lectotype: BM; (Gordon-Mills 1987: 238) Notes: Gordon-Mills (1987:238) effective lectotypified this name with a specimen in BM annotated "The Lookout" Weymouth, Dorset, England, collected by Samuel Goodenough. Gordon-Mills used the term "Holotype" on p. 238 but also on the same page says "accepted as the type...".
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very fine (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2018
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Distributional note
Early records of C. tenuissima from Australia are of uncertain taxonomic identity (Womersley 2003: 423). - (13 February 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 January 2025
