African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Ectocarpus Lyngbye, 1819

AphiaID

144099 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144099)

Classification

Status

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Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819

Parent

Ectocarpaceae C. Agardh, 1828

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Species Ectocarpus acutus Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922
Species Ectocarpus bombycinus Kützing, 1849
Species Ectocarpus capensis Kützing, 1849
Species Ectocarpus fasciculatus Harvey, 1841
Species Ectocarpus parvulus Kützing, 1849
Species Ectocarpus rallsiae Vickers, 1905
Species Ectocarpus rufulus Kützing, 1843
Species Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819
Species Ectocarpus simpliciusculus C.Agardh, 1827
Species Ectocarpus tamarinii Børgesen, 1941
Species Ectocarpus breviarticulatus J.Agardh, 1847 accepted as Asteronema breviarticulatum (J.Agardh) Ouriques & Bouzon, 2000
Species Ectocarpus confervoides Le Jolis, 1863 accepted as Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819
Species Ectocarpus indicus Sonder, 1854 accepted as Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey, 1970
Species Ectocarpus irregularis Kützing, 1845 accepted as Feldmannia irregularis (Kützing) Hamel, 1939 (synonym)
Species Ectocarpus mitchelliae Harvey, 1851 accepted as Feldmannia mitchelliae (Harvey) H.-S.Kim, 2010 (synonym)
Species Ectocarpus rhodochortonoides Børgesen, 1914 accepted as Asteronema rhodochortonoides (Børgesen) D.G.Müller & Parodi, 1994 accepted as Asterocladon rhodochortonoides (Børgesen) S.Uwai, C.Nagasato, T.Motomura & K.Kogame, 2005 (synonym)
Species Ectocarpus vaughanii Børgesen, 1941 accepted as Feldmannia vaughanii (Børgesen) Islam, 1976

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen Hydrophytologiae Danicae Continens omnia Hydrophyta Cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, Systematice Disposita, Descripta et iconibus illustrata, Adjectis Simul Speciebus Norvegicis. Hafniae., 248 pp., 70 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5220228
page(s): 130 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ectocarpus Lyngbye, 1819. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144099 on 2026-09-01

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ectocarpus Lyngbye, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144099 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

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original description Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen Hydrophytologiae Danicae Continens omnia Hydrophyta Cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, Systematice Disposita, Descripta et iconibus illustrata, Adjectis Simul Speciebus Norvegicis. Hafniae., 248 pp., 70 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5220228
page(s): 130 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Avila-Peltroche, J.; Padilla, J. (2020). The seaweed resources of Peru. Botanica Marina. 63. 381-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2020-0026 [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]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org
page(s): 130 [details]

additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]

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