Compsopogon caeruleus (Balbis ex C.Agardh) Montagne 1846
Current name:
Compsopogon caeruleus (Balbis ex C.Agardh) Montagne
microscope from a freshwater aquarium, Galicia, Spain, 2002Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Compsopogon caeruleus (Balbis ex C.Agardh) Montagne 1846: 154 (as 'caerulaeus')
Published in: Montagne, [J.F.]C. (1846). Flore d'Algérie. Ordo I. Phyceae Fries. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842...Sciences physiques. Botanique. Cryptogamie. (Durieu De Maisonneuve, M.C. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. 1-197. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une Commission Académique.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Compsopogon.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Conferva caerulea Balbis ex C.Agardh
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), blue, especially the deep blue of the Mediterranean sky at midday (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 27 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 March 2022
Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.
Nomenclatural notes
The specific epithet is often spelled "coeruleus" but C. Agardh (1824: 122) used "Conferva caerulea". The epithet refers to a particular blue colour. Cerulean blue is a cerulean (light blue or azure) pigment used in artistic painting, also derived from the same Latin word. Montagne (1846) used the spelling "caerulaeus". - (14 June 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Yoon et al. cite this as C. coeruleus. - (28 September 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Necchi et al. (2013) conclude there is only a single monospecific genus worldwide and that species is correctly called C. caeruleus, since this is the oldest validly published name; all other previously described species of Compsopogon and Compsopogonopsis are synonyms. - (27 August 2013) - G.M. Guiry
Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=583
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 January 2025
