Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Trevisan 1845

Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Trevisan

Current name: Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Trevisan
Trá an Dóilín, An Cheathrú Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe - 05 May 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Trevisan 1845: 23, 79

Published in: Trevisan, V.B.A. (1845). Nomenclator algarum, ou collection des noms imposées aux plantes de la famille des algues. pp. 1-80. Padoue [Padua]: Imprimerie du Seminaire.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Conferva corallinoides Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "In Mari Europaeo"; (Silva & al. 1996: 410) Holotype: OXF, herb. Dillenius; undated, unlocalised specimen labelled ‘Confeva marina gelatinosa corallinae instar geniculata, crassior.’ (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 184)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Gelatinous, tufted, uniseriate, ecorticate, crimson filaments, to 200 mm long, repeatedly dichotomous, axils wide. Articulations club-shaped, 4-5 times as long as broad in lower parts, short and beadlike distally. Said to have a strong smell.

Habitat
On rocks, stones and shells, lower intertidal pools and subtidal, in sheltered waters, occasional to frequent, widely distributed. Most obvious in spring and early summer.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 November 2023

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Taxonomic note
Reported by Athanasiadis (1996) as Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Batters (1902: 84). John et al. (2004) cite Griffithsia corallina (Lightf.) C. Agardh as a synonym of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional notes
This species was introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 245) before 1964. Shipping and oyster transfers are probably responsible for multiple points of introduction. It is now widespread if infrequent throughout the Mediterranean. However, Cormaci & al. (2023: 389) give an account of the records of this entity in the Mediterranean and conclude: "Therefore, as far as we know, the only Mediterranean stations in which the occurrence of that species was documented are the Étange de Thau and the Étange Salses-Leucate (France) (fide Verlaque et al., 2015: 244, figg. a-f)." Other records from the Mediterranean appear to refer to Griffithsia schousboei. - (06 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Nielsen & Gunnarsson (2001: 92) record this species as being an excluded species for the Faroe Islands. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 February 2025

 
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