Corallina subulata J.Ellis & Solander 1786

Jania subulata (Ellis & Solander) Sonder

Current name: Jania subulata (Ellis & Solander) Sonder
Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r

Publication Details
Corallina subulata J.Ellis & Solander 1786: 119-120, pl. 21: figs. b, B

Published in: Ellis, J. & Solander, D. (1786). The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis...Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander, M.D., F.R.S. &c.. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-208, 63 pls. London: Printed for Benjamin White and Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street and Peter Elmsly, in the Strand.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Jania subulata (Ellis & Solander) Sonder.

Type Information
Type locality: West Indies; (Silva & al. 1996: 234)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), subulate, awl-shaped, i.e., tapering from a narrow or moderately broad base to a very fine point (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 February 2015

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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