Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse 1809

Publication Details
Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse 1809: 74

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina.

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

Basionym
Fucus pistillatus S.G.Gmelin

Type Information
Type locality: Doubtful; sent by Sandifort from the Netherlands (The Hague); (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 239) Lectotype: original illustration in the absence of material (S.G. Gmelin, 1768, pl. xviii, fig. 1) (epitype) (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 239) Notes: Only known from drift plants (Stegenga et al. 1997).

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2017

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Irish note
An early record from Co. Down (Thompson, 1936) has not been confirmed; a later record from Cork (Dixon & Irvine, 1977) is an error for the Co. Waterford record. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Cotton (1915: 201) and Papenfuss (1964: 41) consider that the Falkland Islands record of this species is doubtfully correct. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 July 2025

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