Fredericqia decewii Maggs, L.Le Gall, Mineur, Provan & G.W.Saunders 2013

Publication Details
Fredericqia decewii Maggs, L.Le Gall, Mineur, Provan & G.W.Saunders 2013: 288, fig. 27

Published in: Maggs, C.A., Le Gall, L., Mineur, F., Provan, J. & Saunders, G.W. (2013). Fredericqia deveauniensis, gen. et sp. nov. (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta), a new cryptogenic species. Cryptogamie Algologie 34: 273-296.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Fredericqia is Fredericqia deveauniensis Maggs, L.Le Gall, Mineur, Provan & G.W.Saunders.

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

Type Information
Holotype locality: "Pachena Beach, Bamfield, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (48.7862° N; 125.1191° W)"; (Maggs & al. 2013: 288) Holotype: D. McDevit, B. Clarkston, K. Roy and H. Kucera.; 5 June 2007; mid intertidal pool on rock, ; UNB; GWS008273 (Maggs & al. 2013: 288)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Gametophytes forming clumps of terete wiry fronds 100-300 mm tall, axes to 1.5 mm in diameter, 10-15 times dichotomously branched, red to purplishblack in colour; cystocarps borne on main axes or lateral proliferations; males apparently unknown; sporophytes crustose, cohesive, known only in culture, tetrasporangia not yet observed.

Created: 20 November 2013 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 March 2017

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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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