Mazzaella volans (C.Agardh) Fredericq 1993

Current name: Mazzaella volans (C.Agardh) Fredericq
Northern California - 09 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Mazzaella volans (C.Agardh) Fredericq 1993: 110

Published in: Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. (1993). New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105-120, 41 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Mazzaella is Mazzaella californica (J.Agardh) G.De Toni.

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

Basionym
Sphaerococcus volans C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Ad Caput Bonae Spei lectum pingendum subministravit clariss. Chamisso [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa].; (Agardh 1821: [iv]) Type: Chamisso; LD; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 110)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 June 2014

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Taxonomic note
Reported by Abbott (1999) as Mazzaella volans (C.Agardh) J.Agardh. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 June 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025