Gigartina teedei (Mertens ex Roth) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Chondracanthus teedei (Mertens ex Roth) Kützing

Current name: Chondracanthus teedei (Mertens ex Roth) Kützing
Collected near Roscoff (F), December 1984 - 29 December 2011. Christine Wosnitza

Publication Details
Gigartina teedei (Mertens ex Roth) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 137 (as 'teedii')

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

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 Chondracanthus teedei (Mertens ex Roth) Kützing.

Basionym
Ceramium teedei Mertens ex Roth

Type Information
Type locality: In Lusitaniae oris olim legit Teede [Portugal]; (Roth 1806: 108) Type: BM; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 115) Notes: Dixon & Ivine ((1977: 243) give the following data: Isotype: BM-K. Portugal (Lisbon, fide label).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Epilithic in sheltered areas; upper sublittoral to at least 3 m (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 243). Growing on rocks between tide-marks near high tide, often in tide-pools (Mikami 1965: 210).

Created: 16 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2017

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