Porphyra laciniata (Lightfoot) C.Agardh 1824
Current name:
Erythroglossum laciniatum (Lightfoot) Maggs & Hommersand
East of the Skerries, Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland - 06 August 2013. Francis Bunker (fbunker@marineseen.com)
Publication Details
Porphyra laciniata (Lightfoot) C.Agardh 1824: 190
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Request PDFPublication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Erythroglossum laciniatum (Lightfoot) Maggs & Hommersand.
Source of Synonymy
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
Basionym
Ulva laciniata Lightfoot
Type Information
Type locality: Iona [Scotland]; (Silva & al. 1996: 92) Type: undated; BM; 000807060 Notes: Index Nominum Algarum notes that type informtion is fide Maggs & Hommersand (1993).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), slashed into narrow divisions with tapering, pointed incisions (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 September 2015
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Nomenclatural note
The type of Ulva laciniata Lightfoot, the basionym of P. laciniata (Lightfoot) C. Agardh, is an Erythroglossum (Delesseriaceae) and this entity is now known as Erythroglossum lacinatum (Lightfoot) Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 219). From C. Agardh (1824) onwards, however, it was widely regarded as a species of Porphyra. According to Brodie & Irvine (2003: 111), most records of P. laciniata represent Poprhyra dioica but further south other species may be involved. Wynne (2010: 34) comments: "Part of what had been mistakenly called P. laciniata in the British Isles is now called P. dioica J.Brodie & L.M.Irvine (Brodie & Irvine 1997), and part is now assigned to P. purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh (Brodie & Irvine 2003)."
- (11 May 2006) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 September 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2025
