Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret 1863
Current name:
Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret
Muigh Inis, Co. Galway, Ireland; on rock - 13 April 2006. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret 1863: 56
Published in: Le Jolis, A. (1863). Liste des algues marines de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 10: 5-168, pls I-IV.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulothrix is Ulothrix tenuissima Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Conferva flacca Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "...observed in the neighbourhood of Swansea, but is most probably not uncommon elsewhere:..." [Glamorgan, Wales]; (Dillwyn 1805: pl. 49) Lectotype: BM-K; (Lokhorst 1979: 213)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), drooping (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 March 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
