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Caulacanthus ustulatus (Mertens ex Turner) Kützing, 1843 
AphiaID: 145606

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Gigartinales (Order) > Caulacanthaceae (Family) > Caulacanthus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Caulacanthus Kützing, 1843
Synonymised
taxa
  Caulacanthus divaricatus (Suhr) Papenfuss, 1943
Caulacanthus indicus Weber-van Bosse, 1921
Caulacanthus spinellus (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Kützing, 1849
Fucus acicularis var. ustulatus Mertens ex Turner, 1808
Gelidium ustulatum (Mertens ex Turner) J.Agardh, 1842
Gigartina ustulata (Mertens ex Turner) Greville, 1830
Hypnea ustulata (Mertens ex Turner) Montagne, 1840 (synonym)
Laurencia divaricata Suhr, 1840
Olivia ustulata (Mertens ex Turner) Montagne, 1846 (synonym)
Rhodomela spinella J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1845
Sphaerococcus ustulatus (Mertens ex Turner) C.Agardh, 1828
Sources  original description: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Brockhaus: Lipsiae (Leipzig), Germany. xxxii, 459 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: 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]

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 Variety Caulacanthus ustulatus var. fastigiatus (Kützing) Pilger, 1920
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Baai van Heist [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Japan [details]
Kenya [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Portugal [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
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Caulacanthus ustulatus
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145606
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Caulacanthus ustulatus (Mertens ex Turner) Kützing, 1843. 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=145606 on 2013-05-25
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