Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier 1851

Publication Details
Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier 1851: 95 (as 'C. Sinuosa')

Published in: Castagne, L. (1851). Supplément au catalogue des plantes qui croissent naturellement aux environs de Marseille. pp. [1]-125, pls VIII-XI. Aix: Imprimerie de Nicot & Pardigon, sur le Cours.

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

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

Basionym
Ulva sinuosa Mertens ex Roth

Type Information
Type locality: "Inter Algas e mari Atlantico prope Gades" [near Cádiz, Spain]; (Roth 1806: 327) Type: Mertens; BM; (Yoshida 1998: 306) Notes: Type locality: “Gades”, Spain. Type: BM (Yoshida, T., 1998: 306). Type material: B, destroyed (Dawson et al. 1964: 24), K (now BM)? PC? LE? See Parsons (1982: 293) for comments on type material.

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 July 2022

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Taxonomic note
Silva et al. (1996) refer to Asperococcus sinuosus var. lobatus and Stictosiphon cavernosus var. lobatus as ‘invalid names referable to this species’. Please consult original text for full details. Also according to Silva et al. (1996:629) the taxon Asperococcus sinuosus var. firmior Sonder apparently lies within the circumspection of this species but has not yet been transferred or reduced to synonymy. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional notes
Papenfuss (1964: 19) considers that the Antarctic records may be based on the vesicular stage of Caepidium antarcticum. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Widespread in warm and temperate waters, penetrating boreal waters (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (15 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 January 2025

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