Chaetangium lingula Harvey 1859

Current name: Nothogenia lingula (Harvey) S.C.Lindstrom & Hughey
Fortesque Bay, TasmaniaM.D. Guiry

Publication Details
Chaetangium lingula Harvey 1859: 316

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.

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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 lingula (Harvey) S.C.Lindstrom & Hughey.

Source of Synonymy
Lindstrom, S.C., Gabrielson, P.W., Hughey, J.R., Macaya, E.C. & Nelson, W.A. (2015). Sequencing of historic and modern specimens reveals cryptic diversity in Nothogenia (Scinaiaceae, Rhodophyte). Phycologia 54(2): 97-108.

Type Information
Brown's River, Tasmania, Australia; (Parnell & Huisman 2006: 112) Holotype: R. Gunn; TCD; (Parnell & Huisman 2006: 112) Notes: Illustrated by Parnell & Huisman (2006) as fig. 49. ...near Kingston... on rocks (Huisman 2006).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

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 07 June 2025