Gracilaria paradoxa J.Agardh 1901
Publication Details
Gracilaria paradoxa J.Agardh 1901: 67
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1901). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Vol. tertii, pars quarta. De Florideis Mantissa collectanea tum de speciebus novis aut aliter interpretandis commentaria, tum indicea sistens specierum antea seorsim descriptarum. pp. [6], 1-149. Lundae [Lund]: apud C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFPublication date: 2 Mar 1901
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria flagelliformis (Sonder) Womersley.
Type Information
Type locality: Swan R., Western Australia; (Womersley 1996: 27) Type: Clifton; LD; 29255 (Womersley 1996: 27) Notes: Syntype localities: Australia, including various in Western Australia (Silva et al 1996: 173).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), paradoxical.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 July 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
