Iridophycus membranaceus (J.Agardh) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1936

Mazzaella membranacea (J.Agardh) Fredericq

Current name: Mazzaella membranacea (J.Agardh) Fredericq
Playa Blanca in Coronel, central Chile; strongly associated to the green mussel Semimytilus algosus (Gould, 1828)Eduardo A. Palma Paredes (please contact michael.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Iridophycus membranaceus (J.Agardh) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1936: 471

Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1936). Iridophycus gen. nov. and its representation in South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 22: 469-473.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Iridophycus is Iridaea capensis J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mazzaella membranacea (J.Agardh) Fredericq.

Basionym
Iridaea membranacea J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Chile: Valparaiso ; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: LD; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 110)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), membranous (Stearn 1973).

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 March 2012

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