Gelidium lucidum (R.Brown ex Turner) Sonder 1848
Current name:
Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Gelidium lucidum (R.Brown ex Turner) Sonder 1848: 174
Published in: Sonder, O.G. (1848). [Algae]. In: Plantae Preissianae sive enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841 collegit Ludovicus Preiss. (Lehmann, C. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 161-195. Hamburgi [Hamburg]: sumptibus Meissneri.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Basionym
Fucus lucidus R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: southern Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 145) Holotype: Brown; BM; (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 137) Notes: According to Womersley & Guiry (1994: 137) the type is from "S coast of N. Holl.".
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shining.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 24 April 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 June 2025
