Cystoseira myrica (S.G.Gmelin) C.Agardh 1820
Current name:
Polycladia myrica (S.G.Gmelin) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut
TanzaniaKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)
Publication Details
Cystoseira myrica (S.G.Gmelin) C.Agardh 1820: 53-54
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1820 '1821'). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: probably Jan-April 1820
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polycladia myrica (S.G.Gmelin) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut.
Source of Synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Ballesteros, E., Rousseau, F. & Thibaut, T. (2010). DNA sequence data demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Cystoseira and other Sargassaceae genera (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1329-1345.
Basionym
Fucus myrica S.G.Gemlin
Type Information
Type locality: "Mare mediterraneum? ad Littora Kamtschatica quoque legit Kraschenninikow" Collector: Kraschenninikow; (Gmelin 1768: 88) Notes: The type locality as reported by Gmelin “Locus Mare mediterraneum? ad Littora Kamtschatica quoque legit Kraschennikiow” is clearly inconsistent (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 47). Siberia: Kamchatka Peninsula (LT fide C. Agardh 1820) (Index Nominum Algarum).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 September 2012
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Habitat note
Warm waters. On bottom covered with coral fragments, at 1-2 m depth; on rock flat, ca. 30cm below low water, in Caulerpa racemosa community; attached plants with epiphytic Jania; drifting plants intermingled in floating rafts composed mostly of Sargassum spp. and Turbinaria triquetra; attached plants obtained on rocky substrates in well-illuminated habitats at depths of 20-200 cm below low water level of spring tides (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (15 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 September 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025
