Topic: Not sure what is going on here ...
Hello Chris. Just chasing up a seaweedy problem I have found this result on G5 (my numbering):
Name Preferred Name Record Count
1 Codium fragile atlanticum Codium fragile atlanticum (A.D.Cotton) P.C.Silva, 1955, ALGA 82
2 Codium fragile spp. atlanticum Codium fragile subsp. atlanticum (A.D. Cotton) P.C. Silva, ALGA 142
3 Codium fragile subsp. atlanticum Codium fragile subsp. atlanticum (A.D. Cotton) P.C. Silva, ALGA 142
4 Codium fragile var. atlanticum Codium fragile subsp. atlanticum (A.D. Cotton) P.C. Silva, ALGA 142
5 Codium fragile var. fragile Codium fragile subsp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889, ALGA 8
6 Codium fragile fragile Codium fragile fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889, ALGA 73
7 Codium fragile subsp. fragile Codium fragile subsp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889, ALGA 8
8 Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides (Goor) P.C.Silva, ALGA 138
9 Codium fragile spp. tomentosoides Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides (Goor) P.C.Silva, ALGA 138
10Codium fragile tomentosoides Codium fragile fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889, ALGA 73
I have discovered that the taxonomy of this species is a bit of a problem (Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2016, 96(5), 1005–1029. # Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2015
doi:10.1017/S0025315415001484) so the resolution might not be easy.
However, as far as these results are concerned, given the way the preferred names are allocated, we surely must have equal numbers of records for taxa 1-4; and no 10, C.f. fragile should have at least 146 records (8 fragile + 138 tomentosoides).
It is things like this that make me so grateful I don't have your job!
M.