Gracilaria wrightii (Turner) J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Gracilaria wrightii (Turner) J.Agardh 1852: 599
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Fucus wrightii Turner
Type Information
Syntype localities: "On the shores of the West Indies. Dr. Wright. Red Sea. Lord Valentia." [Jamaica and Red Sea]; (Turner 1809-1811: 32) Syntypes: BM?;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 August 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 July 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024