Crassa cornea (J.Agardh) Gurgel, J.N.Norris & S.Fredericq, nom. inval. 2018

Publication Details
Crassa cornea (J.Agardh) Gurgel, J.N.Norris & S.Fredericq, nom. inval. 2018: 10

Published in: Gurgel, C.F.D., Norris, J.N., Schmidt, W.E., Le, H.N. & Fredericq, S. (2018). Systematics of the Gracilariales (Rhodophyta) including new subfamilies, tribes, subgenera, and two new genera, Agarophyton gen. nov. and Crassa gen. nov. Phytotaxa 374(1): 1-23.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Crassa.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria cornea J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Lyra, D. de M., Iha, C., Grassa, C.J., Cai, L., Zhang, H.G., Lane, C., Blouin, N., Oliveira, M.C., Nunes, J. M de C. & Davis, C.C. (2021). Phylogenomics, divergence time estimation and trait evolution provide a new look into the Gracilariales (Rhodophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 165(107294): [1-14], 4 figures.

Basionym
Gracilaria cornea J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Pernambuco (?), Brazil; (Bird, Oliveira Filho & McLachlan 1986: 2049) Lectotype: Fig. 8 (male): LD; 29370 (left-hand side) ex herb. Areschoug (Bird, Oliveira Filho & McLachlan 1986: 2049) Notes: Syntypes: 29370, in LD (tetrasporangial); BM (tetrasporangial); FH. Type locality ? Brazil: Pernambuco [Recife] (Index Nominum Algarum).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 November 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 17 September 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: genus name is invalid. - (11 December 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 June 2025

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