Mastocarpus stellatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Phyllophoraceae
Genus: Mastocarpus
Species: Mastocarpus stellatus

Name

Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry, in Guiry et al., 1984

Synonyms

Basionym
- Fucus stellatus Stackhouse, 1796
  - Type locality: western shores of England. Type: Stackhouse; Typified with Stackhouse’s description in Withering (1797: 99); original specimens not found. pl. 12 of Stackhouse (1797) could serve as a lectotype.
Homotypic
- Chondrus stellatus (Stackhouse) Stackhouse, 1797
- Sphaerococcus crispus var. stellatus (Stackhouse) C.Agardh, 1817
- Chondrus crispus var. stellatus (Stackhouse) Lyngbye, 1819
- Gigartina stellata (Stackhouse) Batters, 1902
Heterotypic
- Fucus coronopifolius Zoega, 1772
- Fucus mamillosus Goodenough & Woodward, 1797
- Chondrus mammillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) Stackhouse, 1797
- Fucus echinatus Stackhouse, 1797
- Chondrus echinatus (Stackhouse) Stackhouse, 1797
- Fucus alveolatus Esper, 1799
- Fucus mamillosus var. acutus Turner, 1802
- Fucus mamillosus var. incurvus Turner, 1802
- Fucus degener Esper, 1804
- Mammillaria expansa Stackhouse, 1809
- Mammillaria echinata Stackhouse, 1809
- Fucus crispus var. mamillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) Stackhouse, 1816
- Sphaerococcus mamillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) C.Agardh, 1817
- Fucus mamillosus var. prolifer Turner, 1819
- Mastocarpus mamillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) Kützing, 1843
- Phyllophora mamillosa (Goodenough & Woodward) Fries, 1845
- Rhodymenia mamillosa (Goodenough & Woodward) J.E.Areschoug, 1847
- Gigartina mamillosa(Goodenough & Woodward) J.Agardh, 1851
- Petrocelis cruenta J.Agardh, 1851
- Gigartina stellata f. acuta (Turner) Batters, 1902
- Gigartina stellata f. prolifera (Turner) Batters, 1902
- Gigartina stellata f. incurvata (Turner) Batters, 1902
- Gigartina cornopifolia (Zoega) P.C.Silva, 1952

References

Guiry, M.D., West, J.A., Kim, D.-H. & Masuda, M. 1984. Reinstatement of the genus Mastocarpus Kützing (Rhodophyta). Taxon 33: 53–63. DOI: 10.2307/1222029 Reference page. : 53
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Mastocarpus stellatus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 8 February 2018.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kraussterntang
English: False Irish Moss
español: Falso musgo de Irlanda