Polyides caprina (Gunnerus) Papenfuss 1950
Publication Details
Polyides caprina (Gunnerus) Papenfuss 1950: 194
Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1950). Review of the genera of algae described by Stackhouse. Hydrobiologia 2(3): 181-208.
Request PDFPublication date: 15 Feb 1950
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polyides is Polyides lumbricalis C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyides rotunda (Hudson) Gaillon.
Basionym
Fucus caprinus Gunnerus
Type Information
Lectotype locality: [Unknown location][icon in] "Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Copenhagen) 4: t. 7. 1768"; (Jørgensen 2012: 1091) Epitype: TRH; Specimen 311.1 (without further data) in herb. Gunnerus (Jørgensen 2012: 1091) Notes: "Gunnerus did not refer to any specimen, but to an illustration to be published in “Acta Nidros.” (Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter) IV (1768) (there inscribed Fucus furcellatus), which I here designate as lectotype. I also designate a specimen (311.1) in his herbarium, without any data, as epitype (the same specimen that Drew, 1958 regarded as the holotype)." (Jørgensen 2012: 1091).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 June 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 June 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
