Chaetangium variolosum (Montagne) J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Chaetangium variolosum (Montagne) J.Agardh 1851: 461
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chaetangium is Chaetangium ornatum (Linnaeus) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nothogenia variolosa (Montagne) Montagne.
Source of Synonymy
Papenfuss, G.F. (1964). Catalogue and bibliography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic benthic marine algae. In: Antarctic Research Series. Volume 1. Bibliography of the Antarctic Seas. (Lee, M.O. Eds), pp. 1-76. Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union.
Basionym
Chondrus variolosus Montagne
Type Information
Type locality: Ins. Auckland [Auckland Islands]; (Montagne 1842: 6) Lectotype: PC-Gen; (Lindstrom et al. 2015: 103)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 May 2015
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 May 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025
