Gibsmithia hawaiiensis Doty 1963

Current name: Gibsmithia hawaiiensis Doty
KwaZulu-NatalHeroen Verbruggen (heroen.verbruggen@gmail.com)

Publication Details
Gibsmithia hawaiiensis Doty 1963: 458, figs 1-17

Published in: Doty, M.S. (1963). Gibsmithia hawaiiensis gen. n. et sp. n. Pacific Science 17(4): 458-465, 17 figs.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gibsmithia.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands; (Doty 1963: 148) Holotype: BISH; MSD 19263 (Yoshida 1998: 670) Notes: Type locality: Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (South & Skelton, 2003: 727).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 October 2016

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Taxonomic note
According to Gabriel et al. (2016: 1), "Genetic distances suggest that G. hawaiiensis represents a complex of five cryptic species, with no difference observed in the external morphology corresponding to separate lineages." - (12 October 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 July 2025