Giffordia indica (Sonder) Papenfuss & Chihara 1968

Publication Details
Giffordia indica (Sonder) Papenfuss & Chihara 1968: 30

Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1968). A history, catalogue, and bibliography of the Red Sea benthic algae. Israel Journal of Botany 17: 1-118, 1 table, 1 folded map.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Giffordia is Giffordia secunda (Kützing) Batters.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey.

Basionym
Ectocarpus indicus Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Pulo Kambing, Bima Bay, Sumbawa (Bima Island), Indonesia; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 40) Type: Zollinger No. 3428; MEL; 26389 (Womersley & Bailey 1970: 288) Notes: On calcareous rocks (Lipkin & Silva 2002). According to Womersley & Bailey (1970: 288): "The type in MEL (26389) consists of two paper-mounted specimens and one (plus fragments) mica mount, together with Sonder's sketches, and labelled 'Planta a cl. Zollingero lecta. no. 3428, Bima, Ins. Sumbawa." The specimens are all of one taxon and not a mixture as Setchell (1924, p. 170) suspected."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to India (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 September 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 September 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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