Sciadophycus stellatus

Sciadophycus stellatus (as Fauchea rhizophylla), fig. 2

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhodymeniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Rhodymeniales

Familia: Incertae sedis
Genus: Sciadophycus
Species: Sciadophycus stellatus

Name

Sciadophycus stellatus E.Y.Dawson, 1945

• Type locality: Kellet Channel, south Shore of Cerros Island, Baja California, Mexico. Dredged from 40-50 m.
• Holotype: (tetrasporic): E.Y. Dawson; 1944-05; UC 690005.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Fauchea rhizophylla W.R.Taylor 1945
    • Type locality: Post Office Bay, Isla Santa María, Galápagos, Ecuador. Spreading over and rooted in a large sponge dredged from 55 metres’ depth.
    • Holotype: W.R. Taylor #34-370; 1934-01-29. Hancock Foundation. Notes: MICH.

References

• Dawson, E.Y. 1945. Some new and unreported sublittoral algae from Cerros Island, Mexico. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 43: 102–112. Reference page. : 105
• Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 12: i–iv, 1–528, 3 figs, 100 pls. Online BHL Hathitrust Reference page. : 247, pl. 79: fig. 2
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. Sciadophycus stellatus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2019-12-04.

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