Drouetia rotata E.Y.Dawson 1949

Current name: Maripelta rotata (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson
Cultured plants from the Montery Canyon, California, USA; new rotate blades are being formed; scale is 10 mmMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Drouetia rotata E.Y.Dawson 1949: 9, figs 19, 20

Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1949). Contributions toward a marine flora of the southern California Channel Islands. I-III. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 8: 1-57, 15 plates.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Drouetia is Drouetia coalescens (Farlow) G.De Toni.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Maripelta rotata (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson.

Type Information
Type locality: AHF Station 1624-48; 1 mile east of White Cove, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA; (Dawson 1949: 9) Holotype: 31 October 1948; on a specimen of Laqueus californicus dredged in 68-70 m; AHF; 28746 (Dawson 1949: 9)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wheel-shaped.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 February 2007

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 February 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025