Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville, nom. illeg. 1830
Publication Details
Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville, nom. illeg. 1830: liv, 123
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Request PDFPublication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham.
Source of Synonymy
Steentoft, M., Irvine, L.M. & Bird, C.J. (1991). Proposal to conserve the type of Gracilaria, nom. cons., as G. compressa and its lectotypification (Rhodophyta: Gracilariaceae). Taxon 40: 663-666.
Basionym
Fucus confervoides Linnaeus
Origin of Species Name
Compound (Latin), resembling the genus Conferva.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 August 2019
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Irish note
Cotton (1912) includes a note on this entity. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Nomenclatural note
South & Skelton (2003) cite this species as Gracilaria confervoides Greville 1830. Abbott (1985) cites this as Gracilaria "confervoides" and in 1995 she cites Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville = Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss. See note for the latter species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Specimens reported as Fucus verrucosus, Fucus confervoides, Gracilaria verrucosa and Gracilaria confervoides - in fact, all terete Gracilaria - from the NE Atlantic and elsewhere require individual examination to determine whether they belong to Gracilaria or Gracilariopsis, and then a decision as to which species is in question. - (18 September 2010) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 January 2025
