Corallina polysticha E.Y.Dawson 1953
Publication Details
Corallina polysticha E.Y.Dawson 1953: 131, pl. 9: fig. 6; pl. 29: fig. 2
Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1953). Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 1. Bangiales to Corallinaceae subf. Corallinoidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 17: 1-239, Plates 1-33.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Corallina berteroi Montagne ex Kützing.
Type Information
Type locality: 2.5 miles north of South Bluff, Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico; (Dawson 1953: 131) Holotype: E.Y. Dawson; Dec. 20, 1949; Intertidal rocky shore; HAHF; Dawson 8534, on sheet 54947 (Dawson 1953: 131) Notes: Miller & Hughy (2024: 182) note "Dawson (1953) described Corallina polysticha from Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. The holotype (HAFH 54947, Dawson 8534, 20.xii.1949), may have been in UC, but is now missing, according to the Index Nominum Algarum (2022) and recent searches."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 May 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 March 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
