Chaetomorpha urbica (Zanardini) Kützing 1847

Publication Details
Chaetomorpha urbica (Zanardini) Kützing 1847: 166

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1847). Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zu neuen oder kritischen Algen. Botanische Zeitung 5: 1-5, 22-25, 33-38, 52-55, 164-167, 177-180, 193-198, 219-223.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetomorpha is Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Sfriso, A., Wolf, M.A., Moro, I., Sfriso, A.A., Buosi, A. & Verlaque, M. (2018). Rediscovery of a forgotten Mediterranean Chaetomorpha species in the Venice Lagoon (North Adriatic Sea): Chaetomorpha stricta Schiffner (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 39(3): 293-312.

Basionym
Conferva urbica Zanardini

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad muros ubi praecedens [Venice]" [On walls around Venice]; (Zanardini 1840: 135)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 July 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 September 2018

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 July 2025

 
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