Endosiphonia thuretii (Bornet) Ardissone 1883

Current name:
Choreonema thuretii (Bornet) F.Schmitz
microscope, parasite (whitish pustules) on Jania rubens; Spain, Galicia, Lugo, San Ciprián, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Endosiphonia thuretii (Bornet) Ardissone 1883: 451
Published in: Ardissone, F. (1883). Phycologia mediterranea. Parte prima, Floridee. Memorie della Società Crittogamologica Italiana 1: [i]-x, [1]-516 + erratum slip.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Endosiphonia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Choreonema thuretii (Bornet) F.Schmitz.
Source of Synonymy
Schmitz, F. (1889). Systematische Übersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen der Florideen. Flora oder Allgemeine botanische Zeitung 72: 435-456, pl. XXI.
Basionym
Melobesia thuretii Bornet
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Pointe de Querqueville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France; (Thuret & Bornet 1878: 96) Lectotype: E. Bornet; 31 December 1855; on Jania squamata; PC; unnumbered, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 130, filed under Choreonema), includes one unnumbered slide; designated by Woelkerling, 1987: 113 (Chamberlain & Irvine 1994: 34) Notes: This type locality was first described by Woelkerling (1987a: 113). Extra information in Woelkerling (1998: 381). Thuret cited "Harvey, Phycologia Britannica, tab. CCI, fig. 5-8."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 February 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Index Nominum Algarum and Womersley (1996: 212) cite the authority as (Bornet in Thuret & Bornet) Ardissone 1883: 451. Basionym: Melobesia thuretii. - (02 April 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 June 2025