Bossiella orbigniana (Decaisne) P.C.Silva 1957

Current name: Bossiella orbigniana (Decaisne) P.C.Silva
Northern California - 08 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Bossiella orbigniana (Decaisne) P.C.Silva 1957: 47

Published in: Silva, P.C. (1957). Notes on Pacific marine algae. Madroño 14: 41-51.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bossiella is Bossiella plumosa (Manza) P.C.Silva.

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

Basionym
Amphiroa orbigniana Decaisne

Type Information
Type locality: Chile: San Carlos, Patagonia; Isla Chiloé; (Decaisne 1842: 124) Type: in herb. Mus. et d'Orbigny, et cl. Gay; PC; (Decaisne 1842: 124)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 May 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 November 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Schneider & Wynne (2007) support the use of the genus Pachyarthron for this species but Woelkerling et al. (2008) recognize Bossiella. - (25 August 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat notes
mid and high intertidal; tide pool; epilithic (Augyte & Shaughnessy, 2014). - (05 December 2014) - G.M. Guiry
Low intertidal, typically shallow subtidal (Hind et al., 2014). - (10 December 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025