Gigartina radula (Esper) J.Agardh 1851
Current name:
Sarcothalia radula (Esper) Edyvane & Womersley
Sarcothalia radula?, Safety Cove, Tasmania, Australia - 01 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gigartina radula (Esper) J.Agardh 1851: 278
Published in: 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 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarcothalia radula (Esper) Edyvane & Womersley.
Basionym
Fucus radula Esper
Type Information
Type locality: "Neuholland" ["This recently discovered seaweed, departing so much from the usual in its form, has been brought from New Holland and has been supplied by Mr D. Turner under the above name"]; (Esper 1802: 3) Lectotype (designated by Nelson & al. 2023: [illustration] “Fucus Radula” in Esper Fuc. 2: 3, t. CXIII, 1908): Notes: Epitype (designated by Nelson & al. 2023): New Zealand, South Island, Fiordland, Dusky Sound, Chalky Inlet, 14 Dec 2019, G. Keeler-May AST503 (WELT No. A034575!).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 July 2009
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Nomenclatural note
G. radula (Esper) J. Agardh 1848: 10 (Edyvane & Womersley 1994: 290). - (01 July 2009) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
Papenfuss (1964: 41) considered that the subantarctic material upon which records of this species have been based was probably misidentified. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025
