Ectocarpus siliculosus var. parvus D.A.Saunders 1898

Current name: Ectocarpus commensalis Setchell & N.L.Gardner
Oregon, USA; filaments with normal (darkly pigmented) and virus-affected (colorless) plurilocular sporangiaEric Henry (eric@reedmariculture.com)

Publication Details
Ectocarpus siliculosus var. parvus D.A.Saunders 1898: 153, pl. XXI

Published in: Saunders, De A. (1898). Phycological memoirs. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 3, Botany 1: 147-168, pls XII-XXXII.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ectocarpus commensalis Setchell & N.L.Gardner.

Source of Synonymy
Pedroche, P.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar Rosas, R. (2008). Catálogo de las algas benthónicas del Pacífico de México II. Phaeophycota. pp. [i-viii], i-vi, 15-146. Mexicali & Berkeley: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; University of California Berkeley.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 January 2009

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Taxonomic note
Taxon inquirendum (Furnari, pers. comm.). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 January 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025