Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > 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: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 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 Bokmål: vorteflik (fjæreflekk)

Norwegian Nynorsk: vorteflik (fjøreflekk)

Nynorsk (Norwegian): vorteflik (fjøreflekk)

Literature

basis of record	Algaebase
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

Genbank

Taxonomy

Link To Algaebase

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Guiry, M.D. (2011). Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry, 1984. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2011). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145650