Chondria ramentacea C.Agardh 1822

Current name:
Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale 1 mmJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Chondria ramentacea C.Agardh 1822: 354
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
Publication date: probably Oct 1822
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oras novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 304) Holotype: PC; “No. 21” (Womersley 1994: 441) Notes: Womersley (1994: 441) notes that there is a fragment of the type in Herb. Agardh, LD (27514).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 April 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 July 2025