Catenella

Catenella caespitosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gigartinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Gigartinales

Familia: Caulacanthaceae
Genus: Catenella

Species: C. caespitosa – C. fusiformis – C. impudica – C. nipae – C. subumbellata

Name

Catenella Greville, 1830, nom. cons.

• Type species: Catenella opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville = Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine

Synonyms

• Clavatula Stackhouse, 1809, nom. rejic.
  • Type species: Clavatula caespitosa Stackhouse
• Clavaria Stackhouse, 1816, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Clavaria L. 1753, fungi)
  • Type species: Clavaria caespitosa (Stackhouse) Stackhouse

References

• 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*–iii*], [i]–lxxxviii, [1]–218, pl. 1–19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock. Hathitrust Reference page. : lxiii, 166
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Catenella. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 20 December 2017.

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