Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1797

Publication Details
Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1797: xxiv, 40, pl. X [10]

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1797). Nereis britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis britannicis crescentium: descriptione latine et anglico, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis... Fasc. 2. pp. ix-xxiv, 31-70, pls IX-XIII. Bathoniae [Bath] & Londini [London]: S. Hazard; J. White.

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

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

Basionym
Fucus filum Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "in Oceano Atlantico"; (Athanasiadis 1996: 207)

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 04 November 2024

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Distributional note
"This circumboreal species was considered an accidentally introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea with mollusc culture (Cormaci et al., 2004: 177). It was reported for the first time in 1985 from the Thau Lagoon (France). However, Hamel (1938: 313) refers about specimens of this species collected near Nice (France) and held in Herbarium Thuret." (Cormaci et al. 2012: 394). Verlaque et al. 2015: 59) further reported plants from Greece seemingly collected about 1899, and that populations were well established in the Etang de Thau in France. - (26 August 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 February 2025

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