Giffordia breviarticulata (J.Agardh) Doty & I.A.Abbott

Asteronema breviarticulatum (J.Agardh) Ouriques & Bouzon

Current name: Asteronema breviarticulatum (J.Agardh) Ouriques & Bouzon
Hawaii; scale 10 mm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Giffordia breviarticulata (J.Agardh) Doty & I.A.Abbott

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Giffordia is Giffordia secunda (Kützing) Batters.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Asteronema breviarticulatum (J.Agardh) Ouriques & Bouzon.

Source of Synonymy
Ouriques, L.C. & Bouzon, Z.L. (2000). Stellate chloroplast organization in Asteronema breviarticulatum comb. nov. (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyta). Phycologia 39: 267-271.

Basionym
Ectocarpus breviarticulatus J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: San Agustín, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Chnoospora pacifica.; (Silva & al. 1996: 566)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 March 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025

 
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