Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, nom. cons. 1872

Current name:
Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman
Collected near Roscoff (F), Dec 1984 - 29 December 2011. Christine Wosnitza
Publication Details
Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, nom. cons. 1872: 99 (as 'Pilayella')
Published in: Kjellman, F.R. (1872). Bidrag till kännedomen om Skandinaviens Ectocarpeer och Tilopterider. pp. 1-112, 2 plates. Stockholm: Akademisk afhandling Upsala.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Pylaiella.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Conferva littoralis Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: "in Europae marinis rupibus" [Europe]; (Silva & al. 1996: 572)LINN?;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pertaining to the shore (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 August 2023
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Distributional note
This species has been introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 55) being first found in the Venice Lagoon in 1960. It is now well-established on northern shores of the Mediterranean. - (03 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat notes
Intertidal stones (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009). - (07 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
Facultative epiphyte on Ascophyllum nodosum (Longtin & Scrosati 2009). - (23 April 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 February 2025