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Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne, 1842 
AphiaID: 494940

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeista (Subphylum) > Limnista (Infraphylum) > Fucistia (Superclass) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Ectocarpales (Order) > Chordariaceae (Family) > Leathesia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Leathesia S.F.Gray, 1821
Synonymised
taxa
  Chaetophora marina Lyngbye, 1819
Clavatella difformis (Linaeus) Fries, 1835
Clavatella nostoc-marina Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823 (synonym)
Corynephora marina (C.Agardh) C.Agardh, 1824
Leathesia amplissima Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1924 (synonym)
Leathesia difformis Areschoug, 1847 (synonym)
Leathesia difformis var. tingitana Schousboe ex Bornet, 1892
Leathesia nana Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1924
Leathesia tuberiformis S.F.Gray, 1821
Nostoc marinum C.Agardh, 1810 (synonym)
Nostoc mesentericum C.Agardh, 1824 (synonym)
Rivularia tuberiformis Smith, 1809 (synonym)
Tremella difformis Linnaeus, 1755 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish søkartoffel (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish murkelalg  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (66 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
Images 
Leathesia difformis
[image from synonym]
Leathesia difformis
added on 2008-03-19 - author: Ignacio Bárbara
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Leathesia difformis
[image from synonym]
Leathesia difformis
added on 2008-03-19 - author: Ignacio Bárbara
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494940
Taxonomic
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2010-08-13 08:04:37Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Leathesia marina (Lyngbye) Decaisne, 1842. 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=494940 on 2013-05-23
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