Chloronitum aerea (Dillwyn) Gaillon 1828
Current name:
Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing
microscope, Spain, Galicia, Ría de Coruña, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Chloronitum aerea (Dillwyn) Gaillon 1828: 389
Published in: Gaillon, B. (1828). Résumé méthodique des classifications des Thalassiophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 53: 350-406, 3 tables.
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Chloronitum.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing.
Basionym
Conferva aerea Dillwyn
Type Information
Syntype localities: On Stones in the Sea at Cromer [Norfolk, England], D. Turner. At the entrance of Laugharne Harbor; at Ifmael's Ferry, and other parts of the Carmarthenshire Coast, W. W. Young. About Swansea.[Wales]; (Dillwyn 1806: pl. 80) Lectotype? [Cromer, Norfolk]: Dawson Turner; BM-K; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 55)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 June 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 June 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024