Iridaea flaccida (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) P.C.Silva 1957

Publication Details
Iridaea flaccida (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) P.C.Silva 1957: 328 (table 1)

Published in: Stoloff, L. & Silva, P. (1957). An attempt to determine possible taxnomic significance of the properties of water extractable polysaccharides in red algae. Economic Botany 11: 327-330.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Iridaea is Iridaea cordata (Turner) Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mazzaella flaccida (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Fredericq.

Basionym
Iridophycus flaccidus Setchell & N.L.Gardner

Type Information
Type locality: "first point north of Carmel Beach" Carmel, California, U.S.A; (Hughey & Hommersand 2010: 122) Lectotype: A.V. Manza; 18 July 1935; UC; 539561, 547655, 547644 (part of a single gathering) (Hughey & Hommersand 2010: 122) Notes: "Type: UC 547654; Syntypes: 539561, 547655 (male)" (see Abbott, Syesis 4: 64. 1972.).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 May 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024

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