Kappaphycus inermis (F.Schmitz) Doty ex H.D.Nguyen & Q.N.Huynh 1995

Publication Details
Kappaphycus inermis (F.Schmitz) Doty ex H.D.Nguyen & Q.N.Huynh 1995: 233 (as 'inerme')

Published in: Nguyen, H.D. & Huynh, Q.N. (1995). Species of Eucheuma and Kappaphycus in Vietnam. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol. 5, pp. 229-235. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kappaphycus is Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao.

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

Basionym
Eucheuma inerme F.Schmitz

Type Information
Type locality: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; (Silva & al. 1996: 334) Notes: Doty (1988: 173) notes that the holotype specimen, Holst No. 1339 from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was originally deposited in the Berlin Herbarium and has probably been destroyed. He designates as lectotype, an isotype specimen in the algal herbarium of the British Museum in London bearing the same identification.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), unarmed, without spines.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 June 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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