Parviphycus womersleyanus (Kraft & I.A.Abbott) Santelices 2004
Publication Details
Parviphycus womersleyanus (Kraft & I.A.Abbott) Santelices 2004: 325, figs 5, 11, 17, 22
Published in: Santelices, B. (2004). Parviphycus, a new genus in the Gelidiellaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 313-326, 26 figs., 1 table.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Parviphycus is Parviphycus adnatus (E.Y.Dawson) Santelices.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Gelidiella womersleyana Kraft & I.A.Abbott
Type Information
Type locality: Kaiwi Point, ca. 1 km north of the harbor at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii I., 19.67º N Lat., 156.0º W. Long.; (Kraft & Abbott 1998: 56) Holotype: G. Kraft; 4 May 1996; From the sides of a nearly vertical basalt pinnacle between 7-9 m depths, growing on encrusting coralline algae; MELU; A42498 (Kraft & Abbott 1998: 56) Notes: Two whole-mount isotypes (MELU, A42499, A42500) and one isotype slide of cross-sections (MELU, A42501).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 January 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025