WoRMS banner

WoRMS RSS feed RSS
Add search provider Add provider
Twitter: Latest updates @WRMarineSpecies

WoRMS taxon details

Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine, 1976 
AphiaID: 145605

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Gigartinales (Order) > Caulacanthaceae (Family) > Catenella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Catenella Greville, 1830
Parent Catenella Greville, 1830
Synonymised
taxa
  Catenella opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville, 1830 (synonym)
Catenella repens (Lightfoot) Batters, 1902 (synonym)
Chondria opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) C.Agardh, 1817 (synonym)
Fucus opuntia Goodenough & Woodward, 1797
Fucus repens Lightfoot, 1777 (synonym)
Lomentaria opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Gaillon, 1828 (synonym)
Ulva caespitosa Withering, 1776 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch korstmoswier  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål fjærekryp  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk fjørekryp  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Boulogne, Digue du Nord [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mozambique [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeebrugge [details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: (Withering) L.M.Irvine in Parke & P.S.Dixon , 1976 [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
Images 
Catenella caespitosa
Catenella caespitosa
added on 2008-03-19 - author: Ignacio Bárbara
qualitystatus: not checked

Catenella caespitosa
Catenella caespitosa
added on 2008-03-19 - author: Ignacio Bárbara
qualitystatus: not checked

Catenella caespitosa
Catenella caespitosa
added on 2008-03-19 - author: Ignacio Bárbara
qualitystatus: not checked

Catenella caespitosa
Catenella caespitosa
added on 2008-03-19 - author: Ignacio Bárbara
qualitystatus: not checked

Catenella caespitosa
Catenella caespitosa
added on 2008-03-19 - author: Ignacio Bárbara
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145605
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine, 1976. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145605 on 2013-05-21
  Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License