Corallina tuna J.Ellis & Solander 1786

Halimeda tuna (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux

Current name: Halimeda tuna (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux
1. Subsurface utricles each bearing three surface utricles. 2. Surface view of outermost utricles. 3. Habit (Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan), May 2005E.A.Titlyanov et al.

Publication Details
Corallina tuna J.Ellis & Solander 1786: 111, pl. 20: fig. e (as 'Corallina Tuna')

Published in: Ellis, J. & Solander, D. (1786). The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis...Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander, M.D., F.R.S. &c.. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-208, 63 pls. London: Printed for Benjamin White and Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet-Street and Peter Elmsly, in the Strand.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halimeda tuna (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

Type Information
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea; (Silva & al. 1996: 872)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 June 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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