Corallina corymbosa Lamarck 1815
Current name:
Arthrocardia corymbosa (Lamarck) Decaisne
Near Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa, March 2009 - 09 December 2011. Robert Anderson (anderson@botzoo.uct.ac.za)
Publication Details
Corallina corymbosa Lamarck 1815: 234
Published in: Lamarck, J.B. de (1815). Suite et fin des polypiers corticiferes. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris 2: 227-240.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Arthrocardia corymbosa (Lamarck) Decaisne.
Source of Synonymy
Decaisne, J. (1842). Essais sur une classification des algues et des polypiers calcifères de Lamouroux. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Seconde Série 17: 297-380, [pls 14-17].
Type Information
Type locality: "Habite les mers d'Amérique. Ma collection" [thought to be Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; Johansen 1969: 57]; (Lamarck 1815: 235)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), corymbose (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 January 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 October 2024