Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link, nom. cons. 1833

Publication Details
Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link, nom. cons. 1833: 232; pl. 28

Published in: Link, H.F. (1833). Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Dritter Theil. pp. i-xviii, 1-536. Berlin: Haude & Spener.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scytosiphon is Scytosiphon filum var. lomentaria (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Chorda lomentaria Lyngbye

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Habitat in infimo refluxus limite ad littora Faeroensia, ut a Qvivig, copiosa. Ad Hammerhuus Bornholmiae" [Quivig, Faeroe Islands and Bornholm, Denmark]; (Lyngbye 1819: 74) Lectotype (designated by Womersley, 1987: 295, Faroe Islands).: C; (Womersley 1987: 295)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), of or pertaining to lomentum, or of a loment.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 17 October 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Cremades (in Cremades & Perez-Cirera, 1990: 492) correctly proposed the name Scytosiphon simplicissiumus (Clemente) Cremades for this species based on the priority of Ulva simplicissimus Clemente. But, in view of the widespread and consistent use of the binomial Scytosiphon lomentaria for this species, Pedersen & Kristiansen (1994: 645) proposed the rejection of Ulva simplicissima Clemente, the basionym of Scytosiphon simplicissimus. This proposal was approved at the XVI International Botanical Congress (St. Louis, Missouri, 26-30 July 1999) (Barrie & Greuter, 1999). Accordingly, Scytosiphon lomentaria is the correct name for this species (Guiry, pers. comm.). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Scytosiphon complanatus (Rosenvinge) Doty as a synonym of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat notes
Rarely collected in maërl beds and gravel, growing on dead shells and, occasionally on pebbles; depth range: 4-16 m (Peña & Bárbara 2010). - (05 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
Intertidal zone (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009). - (07 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
On rocks, boulders and concrete blocks in intertidal to upper subtidal zones (Hoshino et al. 2021: 422). - (08 March 2023) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 January 2025

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