Schmitzia hiscockiana Maggs & Guiry
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Calosiphonaceae
Genus Schmitzia
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19 Jun 1982. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Publication details
Schmitzia hiscockiana Maggs & Guiry 1985: 299, figs. 2-24
Original publication: Maggs, C.A. & Guiry, M.D. (1985). Life history and reproduction of Schmitzia hiscockiana sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from the British Isles. Phycologia 24: 297-310.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Schmitzia is Schmitzia neapolitana (Berthold) P.C.Silva.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Bardsey Island, Wales. Holotype: C.A. Maggs & C. Lumb; 19 August 1983; on pebbles at 13 m. GALW (Maggs & Guiry 1985: 299). Notes: Isotypes in BEL, BM, MEL. UBC, US.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Schmitzia hiscockiana Maggs & Guiry)
Ireland: Antrim (Maggs & Guiry 1985, Morton 1994), Cork (Maggs & Guiry 1985), Donegal (Morton 2003), Down (Maggs & Guiry 1985, Morton 1994), Galway (Maggs & Guiry 1985).
Europe: Ireland (Maggs & Guiry 1985, Morton 1994, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Norway (Rueness 1997), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996).
Source of synonymy
Maggs, C.A. & Guiry, M.D. (1985). Life history and reproduction of Schmitzia hiscockiana sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from the British Isles. Phycologia 24: 297-310.
Key references
Karlsson, J. (1990). On the occurrence of the genus Schmitzia (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) on the Swedish West Coast. British Phycological Journal 25: 367-374.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 23 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Maggs, C.A. & Guiry, M.D. (1985). Life history and reproduction of Schmitzia hiscockiana sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from the British Isles. Phycologia 24: 297-310.
