Mychodea minutissima G.W.Saunders & Kraft 2017
Publication Details
Mychodea minutissima G.W.Saunders & Kraft 2017: 248, figs 8 M, 12 A-I
Published in: Kraft, G.T. & Saunders, G.W. (2017). Mychodea and the Mychodeaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) revisited: molecular analyses shed light on interspecies relationships in Australia's largest endemic genus and family. Australian Systematic Botany 30: 230-258, 16 figs.
Publication date: "published online 20 October 2017"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mychodea is Mychodea carnosa Hooker f. & Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: AUSTRALIA: "Western Australia, west of Albany, Muttonbird Island" ; (Kraft & Saunders 2017: 248) Holotype: G.W. Saunders & K. Dixon GWS024289; 6 Nov 2010; –3 m on a rock wall; UNB; (Kraft & Saunders 2017: 248)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), extremely small.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 November 2017 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025