Corallina sagittata J.V.Lamouroux 1824
Current name:
Jania sagittata (J.V.Lamouroux) Blainville
KwaZulu-NatalHeroen Verbruggen (heroen.verbruggen@gmail.com)
Publication Details
Corallina sagittata J.V.Lamouroux 1824: 215
Published in: Lamouroux, [J.V.F.], Bory de Saint-Vincent, [J.B.] & Eud[es]-Deslongchamps, [J.A.] (1824). Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes ou animaux Rayonnés. pp. i-viii, 1-376. Paris: Chez Mme veuve Agasse, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue dos Poitevins, no. 6.
Request PDFPublication date: 17 July 1824
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 Jania sagittata (J.V.Lamouroux) Blainville.
Type Information
Type locality: "...l'Île-de-France" [Mauritius]; (Lamouroux, Bory de Saint-Vincent & Eudes-Deslongchamps 1824: 215) Holotype: collector unknown; 1817-1820; CN; herb. Lamouroux sine numero (Woelkerling & de Reviers, 2008: 305, fig. 2) Notes: Holotype is illustrated in Woelkerling & de Reviers (2008: fig. 2).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), saggitate, shaped like an arrow-head with two equal sharp basal lobes directed downwards (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 February 2020
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
