Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae > Subclass Fucophycidae > Order Ectocarpales > Family Ectocarpaceae > Genus Ectocarpus

Ectocarpus commensalis Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ectocarpus*	Lyngbye, 1819	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ectocarpus dimorphus*	P.C.Silva, 1957	synonym
*Ectocarpus parvus*	(De A.Saunders) Hollenberg, 1971	synonym
*Ectocarpus siliculosus var. parvus*	D.A.Saunders, 1898	synonym

Literature

original description	Setchell, W. A.; Gardner, N. L. (1922). Phycological contributions. VI. New species of Ectocarpus. University of California Publications in Botany, 7: 403-426, 4 pls.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ectocarpus commensalis Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494953