Chaetomorpha mediterranea (Kützing) Kützing 1849

Publication Details
Chaetomorpha mediterranea (Kützing) Kützing 1849: 381

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetomorpha is Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chaetomorpha ligustica (Kützing) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., & Alongi, G. (2014). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Chlorophyta. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania 47: 11-436.

Basionym
Spongopsis mediterranea Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: bei Livorno; (INA 1996) Type: Juli 1835; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Mediterranean Sea (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 September 2018

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Nomenclatural note
See Silva, Meñez & Moe (1987: 96) and Silva, Basson & Moe (1996: 936-937) for the reasons why Chaetomorpha ligustica is the correct name for a species complex that includes Chaetomorpha mediterranea . - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Burrows (1991) this is a species in its own right and not a synonym. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025

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