Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Gigartinales > Family Phyllophoraceae > Genus Mastocarpus

Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry, 1984

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mastocarpus*	Kützing, 1843	accepted genus name
*Petrocelis*	J.Agardh, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Gigartina stellata*	(Stackhouse) Batters, 1902	synonym
*Petrocelis cruenta*	J.Agardh, 1851	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): vorteflik (fjæreflekk) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: algae sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kernwier sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: false carragheen moss; false Irish moss sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: False Irish Moss sources: Charles Hussey

French: gigartine sources: Sheridan, S.; Massin, C. (1998). Guide de la faune et flore sous-marine de Zelande. Commission Scientifique LIFRAS. 320 pp.

Norwegian: vorteflik (fjæreflekk) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: vorteflik (fjæreflekk)

Norwegian Nynorsk: vorteflik (fjøreflekk)

Nynorsk (Norwegian): vorteflik (fjøreflekk)

Literature

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
additional source	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.
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
additional source	Algaebase

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (45 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry, 1984. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145650