Crusticorallina muricata (Foslie) P.W.Gabrielson, Martone, K.R.Hind & C.P.Jensen 2016

Publication Details
Crusticorallina muricata (Foslie) P.W.Gabrielson, Martone, K.R.Hind & C.P.Jensen 2016: 934

Published in: Hind, K.R., Gabrielson, P.W., Jensen, C.P. & Martone, P.T. (2016). Crusticorallina gen. nov., a nongeniculate genus in the subfamily Corallinoideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 52(6): 929-941.

Publication date: 2016

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crusticorallina is Crusticorallina painei P.W.Gabrielson, K.R.Hind, G.W.Saunders, Martone & C.P.Jensen.

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

Basionym
Phymatolithon muricatum Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Botany Beach, near Port Renfrew, Vancouver I., BC, Canada; (Hind et al. 2016: 934) Type: K. Yendo; 6.vii.1901; TRH; (INA 1996) Notes: Lectotype: UC 341316 (specimen D), Yendo, June 1901 (Steneck & Paine, 1986: 224, figs 5, 8).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered wiith short, hard points.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 January 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 27 September 2024

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Habitat note
epilithic, common on bedrock and overgrowing other encrusting corallines or kelp holdfasts; rarely on cobble or epizoic; common in mid- to low intertidal zones and in pools and subtidal to 14 m depth on exposed shores and in more protected waters in the Salish Sea (Hind et al., 2016). - (30 January 2017) - G.M. Guiry

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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 September 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025