Gracilariopsis longissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gracilariales 

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

Familia: Gracilariaceae
Genus: Gracilariopsis
Species: Gracilariopsis longissima

Name

Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995

Synonyms

  • Basionym
  • Homotypic
    • Ceramium longissimum (S.G.Gmelin) Roth, 1800
  • Heterotypic
    • Fucus verrucosus Hudson, 1762, nom. rejic.
    • Fucus confervoides Linnaeus, 1763, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Fucus confervoides Hudson, 1762)
    • Ceramium confervoides F.H.Wiggers, 1780, nom. inval.(no description provided)
    • Sphaerococcus confervoides (F.H.Wiggers) Stackhouse, 1797
    • Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville, 1830, nom. illeg.
    • Hypnea confervoides (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842
    • Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950, nom. rejic.

Note: "Specimens reported as Fucus verrucosus, Fucus confervoides, Gracilaria verrucosa and Gracilaria confervoides - in fact, all terete Gracilaria - from the NE Atlantic and elsewhere require individual examination to determine whether they belong to Gracilaria or Gracilariopsis, and then a decision as to which species is in question." (M.D. Guiry, 2010, in AlgaeBase)

References

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