Iridaea atropurpurea J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Iridaea atropurpurea J.Agardh 1876: 181
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Iridaea is Iridaea cordata (Turner) Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarcothalia atropurpurea (J.Agardh) Hommersand.
Type Information
Type locality: Bay of Island, New Zealand; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: LD; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 113) Notes: Collector: Berggren (Index Nominum Algarum).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), black-purple (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 July 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024