Mastocarpus agardhii (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone 2011

Publication Details
Mastocarpus agardhii (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) S.C.Lindstrom, Hughey & Martone 2011: 671

Published in: Lindstrom, S.C., Hughey, J.R. & Martone, P.T. (2011). New, resurrected and redefined species of Mastocarpus (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta) from the northeast Pacific. Phycologia 50(6): 661-683.

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Publication date: 2011

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mastocarpus is Mastocarpus mammillosus (Goodenough & Woodward) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Gigartina agardhii Setchell & N.L.Gardner

Type Information
Holotype locality: Pyramid Point, Monterey County, California; (Lindstrom et al. 2011: 671) Holotype: W.A.Setchell, 1666; 18 May 1897; UC; 93733 (Lindstrom et al. 2011: 671) Notes: Isotypes distributed as Phycotheca Boreali-Americana (PB-A) 427 (Setchell & Gardner 1933: 290, as 'cotypes').

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 December 2011 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 May 2017

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Habitat note
On rocks in the high to mid intertidal 'between the 3.5- and 1.0-foot tide levels' on the Monterey Peninsula (Smith 1944: 284), and in the mid intertidal elsewhere (Lindstrom et al. 2011). - (15 December 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025