Clavatella difformis (Linaeus) Fries 1835
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Ectocarpales
Family Chordariaceae
Genus Clavatella
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Publication details
Clavatella difformis (Linaeus) Fries 1835: 316
Published in: Fries, E.M. (1835). Corpus florarum provincialium Sueciae. I. Floram scanicam. pp. [i]-xxiv, [1]-394. Upsaliae [Uppsala]: typis Palmblad, Serell & C. Download PDF
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Clavatella is Clavatella nostoc-marina Bory.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne
Basionym
Tremella difformis Linnaeus
Type information
Type locality: "in Confervis maris occidentalis" (Silva & al. 1996: 621). Notes: Womersley (1987) gives the following data: Type from Sweden; in LINN?
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), irregularly or unevenly formed or differently formed, unlike what is usual (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Created: 10 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi
Verified by: 11 March 2009 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 April 2021.