Gelidium asperum (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Gelidium asperum (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: lviii (as G. asper)

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus asper C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad caput van Diemen legit Labillardière" [Tasmania]; (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 131) Lectotype: LD; 33216 (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 131) Notes: "Specimen dederunt Labillardière & Mertens" [as Fucus asper Mertens].

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), rough.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
A subtidal species, known from 3-20m deep and in shaded deep pools (Womersley & Guiry (1994: 131).

Created: 27 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 28 February 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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