Sphacelaria scoparia (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819
Current name:
Halopteris scoparia (Linnaeus) Sauvageau
middle intertidial, Spain, Galicia, Lugo, Peinzás, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Sphacelaria scoparia (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819: 104
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halopteris scoparia (Linnaeus) Sauvageau.
Basionym
Conferva scoparia Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: "in mari Europaeo"; (Athanasiadis 1996: 202) Type: OXF;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), in the form of a broom; fastigiate (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024