Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh 1828
Current name:
Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh
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Publication Details
Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh 1828: 138
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].
Publication date: Sept-Dec 1828
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Wrangelia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Griffithsia penicillata C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oras Italiae" [Italy]; (Agardh 1824: 143) Notes: Type: LD?
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shaped like a pencil or an artist'’s camel-hair brush (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 November 2024