Pterocladiella beachiae Freshwater 2001
Publication Details
Pterocladiella beachiae Freshwater 2001: 346, figs 16-28 (as 'beachii')
Published in: Thomas, D.T. & Freshwater, D.W. (2001). Studies of Costa Rican Gelidiales (Rhodophyta): four Caribbean taxa including Pterocladiella beachii sp. nov.. Phycologia 40: 340-350.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladiella is Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Cahuita, Limón, Costa Rica; (Thomas & Freshwater 2001: 346) Holotype: D.W. Freshwater & D.T. Thomas; 24 March 1999; MICH; (Thomas & Freshwater 2001: 346) Notes: Isotypes at WNC.
Eponomy
Named for Jessica Beach, "a young lady who assisted the second author ...".
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 January 2022
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Taxonomic note
Merged with Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand by Tronchin & Freshwater (2007) but reinstated by Sohrabipour et al. (2013). - (19 January 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025
