Nereidea coccinea (Hudson) Stackhouse 1809
Publication Details
Nereidea coccinea (Hudson) Stackhouse 1809: 86
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Nereidea.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon.
Basionym
Fucus coccineus Hudson
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), deep red, from scarlet to carmine and crimson (Stearn 1973).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 March 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
