Gracilaria tikvahiae McLachlan 1979
Current name:
Gracilaria tikvahiae McLachlan
Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA. Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler and M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon: A Floristic Inventory and Field Guide. OffShore Graphics, Inc., Washington, DC, 298 pp. 584 distributed by Harbor BDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Gracilaria tikvahiae McLachlan 1979: 19, 20, fig. 1
Published in: McLachlan, J. (1979). Gracilaria tikvahiae sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales, Gracilariaceae), from the northwestern Atlantic. Phycologia 18: 19-23.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Barrachois Harbour, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia; (McLachlan 1979: 19, 20) Holotype: N.L. Bird; 24 September 1974; 0.5-2.5 m depth; NRCC; sheet 6919 (3 specimens, spermatangial, cystocarpic, tetrasporic) (McLachlan 1979: 19, 20)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 January 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 January 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
