Ectocarpus littoralis (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Ectocarpus littoralis (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819: 130, pl. 42 A

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman.

Basionym
Conferva littoralis Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "in Europae marinis rupibus" [Europe]; (Silva & al. 1996: 572)LINN?;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pertaining to the shore (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 October 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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