Monostroma undulatum Wittrock 1866
Publication details
Monostroma undulatum Wittrock 1866: 46, pl. III: fig. 9
Published in: Wittrock, V.B. (1866). Försök till en Monographie öfver Algslägtet Monostroma. pp. 1-66, IV plates, folded scheme [= 14 figs]. Stockholm: Akademisk Afhandling.
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Publication date: 23 May 1866
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Monostroma is Monostroma bullosum (Roth) Thuret.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Protomonostroma undulatum (Wittrock) K.L.Vinogradova
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), wavy.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Monostroma undulatum Wittrock)
Japanese: Hida-hitoe (Tokida 1954).
Type information
Type locality: Nordland islands, Norway, on Corallina officinalis (Wittrock 1866: 46). Notes: Location of type unknown (Brodie, Maggs & John 2007: 37).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Monostroma undulatum Wittrock)
Atlantic Islands: Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).
Europe: Britain (Batters 1902, Newton 1931, Burrows 1991), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982), Germany (Ludwig & Schnittler 1996), Norway (Jaasund 1965, Rueness 1997, Brattegard & Holte 2001).
South America: Argentina (Boraso de Zaixso 2004).
Antarctic and Antarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Papenfuss 1964).
Source of current name
Vinogradova, K.L. (1969). K. sistematike poryadka Ulvales (Chlorophyta) s.l. A contribution to the taxonomy of the order Ulvales. Botanicheskij Zhurnal SSSR 54: 1347-1355, one un-numbered figure. [in Russian with English title and summary]
Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 01 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Boraso de Zaixso, A.L. [Boraso, A.L.] (1977). Reproducción de Ulvales de Puerto Deseado (Prov. de Sta. Cruz, Rep. Argentina). II. Monostroma undulatum Wittrock. Physis Secciones A 36(92): 1-7, 3 pls.
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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