Kuetzingiella elachistiformis (Heydrich) M.Balakrishnan & Kinkar 1981
Current name:
Kuetzingiella elachistiformis (Heydrich) M.Balakrishnan & Kinkar
Panama. Basal holdfast of prostrate filaments giving rise to fine filaments; cells with band-shaped plastids against inner wallDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Kuetzingiella elachistiformis (Heydrich) M.Balakrishnan & Kinkar 1981: 25, figs 20, 98-100 (as 'elachistaeformis')
Published in: Balakrishnan, M.S. & Kinkar, V.N. (1981). A taxonomic account of Indian Ectocarpales and Ralfsiales. Seaweed Research and Utilisation 4(2): 1-57, 135 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kuetzingiella is Kuetzingiella battersii (Bornet ex Sauvageau) Kornmann.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ectocarpus elachistiformis Heydrich
Type Information
Type locality: Mandang, near Bogia (Hatzfeldthaven), Papua-New Guinea; (Silva & al. 1996: 570) Type: On Sargassum cristaefolium var. upolense Grunow; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 41)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 November 2021
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025
