Scytosiphon intestinalis (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819

Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus

Current name: Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; upper-shore pool; plants to about 60 mm long - 26 March 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Scytosiphon intestinalis (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819: 67

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus.

Basionym
Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Woolwich, London, England?; (Hayden & al. 2003: 289) Lectotype: Dillenius (1742: pl. 9: fig. 7) (epitype) OXF; (Yoshida 1998) Notes: Blomster et al. (1999) select a lectotype (epitype) of Dillenius (1742: pl. 9: fig. 7); see also Hayden et al. (2003: 289). Type locality: 'in Mari omni' (South & Skelton, 2003).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), relating to or found in the intestines (Stearn 1973).

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 March 2006

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 March 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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