Gracilaria furcellata J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1876
Publication Details
Gracilaria furcellata J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1876: 419
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria cliftonii Withell, A.J.K.Millar & Kraft.
Type Information
Notes: According to Womersley (1996: 21),the type of G. furcellata Harvey was from Fremantle, W. Aust. (Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 323A), and the lectotype (see Withell et al. 1994: 285) is in Herb. Harvey, TCD, with an isolectotype in MEL, 629923.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), forked; having a small notch at apex (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 February 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 February 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
