Chondria rangiferina (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1817

Publication Details
Chondria rangiferina (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1817: XVIII

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophyllis rangiferina (R.Brown ex Turner) Womersley.

Basionym
Fucus rangiferina R.Brown ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: At Kent's Islands, near New Holland. Mr. Brown. [Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 116) Holotype: R. Brown (no. 256) tetrasporangial; 1803-4; BM; (Womersley 1973: 256) Notes: According to Womersley (1994: 258) the type is from Georgetown, Tasmania and the holotype (Gunn 1279) is in TCD. These data seem to apply to Sphaerococcus australis Harvey 1844, the basionym of Callophyllis coccinea (Harvey in Hooker & Harvey) Kützing.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 May 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 19 May 2018

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