Alaria taeniata Kjellman 1889
Publication details
Alaria taeniata Kjellman 1889: 36, pl. 7: figs 1-3
Published in: Kjellman, F.R. (1889). Om Beringhafvets algflora [About the Bering Sea algae]. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 23(8): 1-58, pls I-VII.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Alaria is Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Alaria marginata Postels & Ruprecht
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alaria lanceolata Kjellman 1883
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Beringön. Ett sterilt exemplar funnet uppkastadt på stranden bland en massa andra Laminariaceer. Den tillhör utan tvifvel den mäktiga Laminariacé-formation, som vid nämnda ö tinnes utbildad på sublitoralregionen. [Bering Island. A sterile specimen found cast up on the beach among lots of [a] second laminariaceae. It belongs without doubt, the mighty Laminariacé-formation, which at the said island there was educated at sublittoral region] (Kjellman 1889: 36).
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Source of current name
Lane, C.E., Lindstrom, S.C. & Saunders, G.W. (2007). A molecular assessment of northeast Pacific Alaria species (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) with reference to the utility of DNA barcoding
. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 634-648.
Key references
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Lane, C.E. & Saunders, G.W. (2005). Molecular investigation reveals epi/endophytic extrageneric kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) gametophytes colonizing Lessoniopsis littoralis thalli. Botanica Marina 48: 426-436.
Mondragon, J. & Mondragon, J. (2003). Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast. Common marine algae from Alaska to Baja California. pp. [i]iv, [1]-97. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers.
Widdowson, T.B. (1971). A taxonomic revision of the genus Alaria Greville. Syesis 4: 11-49.
Yoshida, T. (1998). Marine algae of Japan. pp. [1-2], 1-25, 1-1222. Tokyo: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing Co., Ltd. [in Japanese]
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