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WoRMS taxon details

Penicillus pyriformis A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp, 1905

To NHMUK collection (Penicillus pyriformis A.Gepp & E.Gepp; Syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4830976)

AphiaID

373288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:373288)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Penicillus Lamarck, 1813

Original name

Penicillus pyriformis A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp, 1905

Synonymised names

Penicillus pyriformis f. explanatus Børgesen, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Forma Penicillus pyriformis f. explanatus Børgesen, 1913 accepted as Penicillus pyriformis A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp, 1905 (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Gepp, A. & Gepp, E. E. (1905). Notes on Penicillus and Rhipocephalus. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 43: 1-5, pl. 468. [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71758

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71758 [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). Penicillus pyriformis A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=373288 on 2026-08-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-12-08 15:18:27Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2008-12-08 15:40:44Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

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Nomenclature

original description Gepp, A. & Gepp, E. E. (1905). Notes on Penicillus and Rhipocephalus. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 43: 1-5, pl. 468. [details]

original description (of Penicillus pyriformis f. explanatus Børgesen, 1913) Børgesen, F. (1913). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part I. Chlorophyceae. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 1(4): 1-160. [details]

basis of record 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 [details]

Other

context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2003/0076-0275 [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]