Mertensia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Thunberg ex Roth, nom. illeg. 1806

Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux

Current name: Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants on lower-shore rocks; with reproductive branchlets - 06 October 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Mertensia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Thunberg ex Roth, nom. illeg. 1806: 318

Published in: Roth, A.G. [=A.W.] (1806). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus tertius cum tabulis aenaeis XII. pp. [i-viii], [1]-350, [1-2, index pi.], [1-6, index] [1, err.], pls I-XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Mertensia.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux.

Basionym
Ulva lumbricalis Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad Cap. b. spei" [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Linnaeus 1771: 311)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), worm-shaped (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 January 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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