Chantransia rupestris (Linnaeus) Chevalier 1836

Current name: Rama rupestris (Linnaeus) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; rocks at MTL - 18 April 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Chantransia rupestris (Linnaeus) Chevalier 1836: 679

Published in: Chevallier, F.F. (1836). Flore générale des environs de Paris, selon la méthode naturelle. Description de toutes les plantes agames, cryptogames et phanérogames qui y croissent spontanément; leurs propriétés, leurs usage dans la médecine, les arts, et l'économie domestique; avec une classification naturelle des agames et des cryptogames, basée sur l'organisation de ces végétaux et accompagnée de dix-huit tableaux iconographiques formant uix genera propre a en rendre l'étude plus facile. Seconde édition, corrigée et augmentée. pp. i-xxiv, 1-680, 14 pls. Paris: Ferra, Libraire-Éditeur, rue des Grands Augustins, no. 23.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rama rupestris (Linnaeus) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello.

Source of Synonymy
Boedeker, C., Wynne, M.J. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2023). Hidden diversity in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere environments: Reinstatement of the genus Rama and description of Vandenhoekia gen. nov. (Cladophoraceae, Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta), two highly variable genera. Journal of Phycology 59: 1284–1298, 4 figs.

Basionym
Conferva rupestris Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Europeae marinis rupibus copioissima [Bognor Regis, Sussex, England]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1167) Lectotype: OXF; herb. Dillenius (Hoek 1969: 19, 64) Notes: Herb. Dillenius as Conferva marina trichodes ramosior Dillenius, 1741, upper specimen and lower left-hand specimen of the herbarium sheet.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), rocky, rock-dwelling (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 24 July 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 03 May 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025