Corallina virgata Zanardini 1840

Jania virgata (Zanardini) Montagne

Current name: Jania virgata (Zanardini) Montagne
March, Italy (Thyrrhenian, Golfo di Policastro) - 01 July 2024. Luigi Campagna (golfopolikayak@yahoo.com)

Publication Details
Corallina virgata Zanardini 1840: 136

Published in: Zanardini, G. (1840 '1839'). [Lettera] Alla direzione della Biblioteca Italiana. Species Algaram novae vel minus cognitce. Biblioteca Italiana 96: 131-137, no figs.

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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 Jania virgata (Zanardini) Montagne.

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Digenaeam, quam ex integro obvestit." [On Digenea, Mediterranean no locality]; (Zanardini 1840: 136) Type: MCVE?;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twiggy, long and slender or streaked, rod-like (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 January 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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