Gigartina horrida (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Current name:
Endosiphonia horrida (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva
TanzaniaKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)
Publication Details
Gigartina horrida (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: lix
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Publication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Endosiphonia horrida (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus horridus C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Mauritius; (Silva & al. 1996: 494)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 April 2025
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Taxonomic note
Binomial also proposed by Farlow, 1895, Phycoth. Bor.-Amer.: 137, with Basionym Gigartina microphylla var. horrida Farlow 1875, but it was illegitimate: not Gigartina horrida (C. Agardh) Greville 1830. (See INA) - (12 March 2019) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 July 2025