Gelidium melanoideum var. filamentosum Schousboe ex Bornet 1892
Publication Details
Gelidium melanoideum var. filamentosum Schousboe ex Bornet 1892: 270 (as 'filamentosa')
Published in: Bornet, E. (1892). Les algues de P.-K.-A. Schousboe. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg 28: 165-376, pls I-III.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella melanoidea var. filamentosa (Schousboe ex Bornet) M.J.Wynne.
Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (1998). A checklist of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic: first revision. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 116: [i]-iii, 1-155, 5 figs.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 February 2025
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 February 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025
