Byssus reticulata (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers 1780

Publication Details
Byssus reticulata (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers 1780: 92

Published in: Wiggers, F.H. (1780). Primitiae florae holsaticae; quas praeside D. Joh. Christiano Kerstens. pp. [i-viii], 1-112. Kiliae [Kiel]: litteris Mich. Frider. Bartschii Acad. Typogr.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Byssus is Byssus jolithus Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hydrodictyon reticulatum (Linnaeus) Bory.

Basionym
Conferva reticulata Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Europae fluviis ad eorum littora [Europe] ; (Linnaeus 1753: 1165) Lectotype Voucher: OXF; (Spencer & al. 2009: 244) Notes: Cites Conferva reticulata Dillenius, a pre-Linnaean name; the illustration in Dillenius, Historia muscorum., t. 4, f. 14 (1742) is designated as lectotype by L.M. Irvine in Spencer, Irvine & Jarvis (2009: 244) of which there is a voucher in OXF "Conferva reticulata".

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), reticulate, netted, marked with a network (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 09 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 October 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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