Chondracanthus tenellus (Harvey) Hommersand 1993

Chondracanthus tenellus (Harvey) Hommersand

Current name: Chondracanthus tenellus (Harvey) Hommersand
Sotogawa-cho, Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Chiba UniversityHideki Haga (902180827@office.chiba-u.jp)

Publication Details
Chondracanthus tenellus (Harvey) Hommersand 1993: 115

Published in: Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. (1993). New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105-120, 41 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chondracanthus is Chondracanthus chauvinii (Bory) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Gigartina tenella Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: "Kaikai-sima, north of the proper Loo Choo group." [Kikai-jima, Amami-gunto, Ryukyu-retto, Japan]; (Harvey 1860: 332) Lectotype: C. Wright; TCD; (Masuda & al. 1995: 195, fig.12) Notes: Isotype: BM. Type locality: "Kaikai-sima", N. of Ryukyu-retto, Japan; collected by Charles Wright (Index Nominum Algarum). Type locality: Kaiki-shima, Loo Choo Isl. (Mikami 1965: 208). Masuda et al. (1995: 195) note that this entity was based on material collected at 'Kaikai-shima' (which is not a name in use at present and may be an error for Kigaiga-shima island), north of the Ryukyu Islands.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), delicate (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 October 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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