Ericaria selaginoides

Ericaria selaginoides
	Ericaria selaginoides, herbarium sheet
Scientific 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
	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;

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

Distribution[edit]

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]

^ ^a ^b Guiry, M. "Ericaria selaginoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry 2020". AlgaeBase. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
^ 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.