Cladophora echinus (Biasoletto) Kützing 1849

Publication Details
Cladophora echinus (Biasoletto) Kützing 1849: 414

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lychaete echinus (Biasoletto) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2017). The reinstatement of Lychaete J.Agardh (Ulvophyceae, Cladophoraceae). Notulae Algarum 31: 1-4, 1 fig.

Basionym
Conferva echinus Biasoletto

Type Information
Type locality: "in portu Verudae" (near Pula, Croatia); (Silva & al. 1996: 772) Isotype: L; 937/278/393 (Hoek 1963: 47)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 August 2017

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Habitat note
Can live free-floating on the bottom (Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi 2014: 333). - (22 July 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025

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