Ericaria selaginoides (syns. Cystoseira tamariscifolia, Carpodesmia tamariscifolia) is a large marine brown algae.[1]

Ericaria selaginoides
Ericaria selaginoides, herbarium sheet
Ericaria selaginoides, herbarium sheet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Ericaria
Species:
E. selaginoides
Binomial name
Ericaria selaginoides
(Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry, 2020
Synonyms[1]
  • Fucus selaginoides Linnaeus, 1759
  • Cystoseira selaginoides (Linnaeus) Bory, 1832
  • Fucus tamariscifolius Hudson, 1762
  • Fucus ericoides Linnaeus, 1763
  • Fucus erica-marina S.G.Gmelin, 1768
  • Ericaria tamarisca Stackhouse, 1809
  • Ericaria selago Stackhouse, 1809
  • Phryganella ericoides (Linnaeus) Stackhouse, 1816
  • Cystoseira ericoides (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820
  • Mackaia ericoides (Hudseon) S.F.Gray, 1821
  • Cystoseira erica-marina (S.G.Gmelin) Naccari, 1828
  • Gongolaria ericoides (Linnaeus) Kuntze, 1891
  • Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950
  • Carpodesmia tamariscifolia (Hudson) Orellana & Sansón, 2019

Distribution

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Ericaria selaginoides occurs in the Northeast Atlantic and Western Mediterranean Sea. It forms a species complex with Ericaria amentacea, a similar but caespitose species from the Mediterranean and the Azores.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Guiry, M. "Ericaria selaginoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry 2020". AlgaeBase. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ Neiva, J.M.; Bermejo, R.; Medrano, A.; Capdevila, P.; Milla-Figueras, D.; Afonso, P.; Ballesteros, E.; Sabour, B.; Serio, D.; Nóbrega, E.; Soares, J.; Valdazo, J.; Tuya, F.; Mulas, M.; Israel, A.; Sadogurska, S.S.; Guiry, M.D.; Pearson, G.A.; Serrão, E.A. (2023). "DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae)". European Journal of Phycology. 58 (3): 351–375. doi:10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894. hdl:10261/283058.