Blossevillea torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) Decaisne 1842
Current name:
Cystophora torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh
Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand; intertidal pool - 22 January 2007. Erasmo Macaya Horta (emacaya@oceanografia.udec.cl)
Publication Details
Blossevillea torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) Decaisne 1842: 331
Published in: Decaisne, J. (1842). Essais sur une classification des algues et des polypiers calcifères de Lamouroux. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Seconde Série 17: 297-380, [pls 14-17].
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Blossevillea.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystophora torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Basionym
Fucus torulosus R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "In Kent's Islands, near New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Kent Group Islands, Bass Strait, Australia]; (Turner 1809-1811: 52) Holotype: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1987: 384) Notes: Womersley (1987: 384) notes that there are isotypes at BM and E.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), somewhat cylindrical, with contractions or swellings at intervals along the length.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 May 2025
