Epicladia testarum (Kylin) R.Nielsen 1980
Publication Details
Epicladia testarum (Kylin) R.Nielsen 1980: 132
Published in: Nielsen, R. (1980). A comparative study of five marine Chaetophoraceae. British Phycological Journal 15: 131-138, 29 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Epicladia is Epicladia flustrae Reinke.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulvella testarum (Kylin) R.Nielsen, C.J.O'Kelly & B.Wysor.
Source of Synonymy
Nielsen, R., Petersen, G., Seberg, O., Daugbjerg, N., O'Kelly, C.J. & Wysor, B. (2013). Revision of the genus Ulvella (Ulvellaceae, Ulvophyceae) based on morphology and tufA gene sequences of species in culture, with Acrochaete and Pringsheimiella placed in synonymy. Phycologia 52(1): 37-56.
Basionym
Entocladia testarum Kylin
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: Kristineberg, in dead mussel shells; (INA 1996) Lectotype: original illustration by Kylin (1935, fig. 5): C: CAT 2438 (dried material of isolate RNK ae) (epitype) (Nielsen et al. 2013: 53)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 March 2013
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 February 2025