Gelidium pluma Bornet ex N.H.Loomis 1960

Gelidium pluma Bornet ex N.H.Loomis

Current name: Gelidium pluma Bornet ex N.H.Loomis
Hawaii; scale 5 mm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Gelidium pluma Bornet ex N.H.Loomis 1960: 2, pl. 1: figs 1-4; pl. 2: figs 1, 2

Published in: Loomis, N.H. (1960). New species of Gelidium and Pterocladia from the Pacific coast of the United States and the Hawaiian Islands. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 24: 1-35.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands; (Loomis 1960: 6) Isotype: Reed 965a; 6.xii.1908; UC; 622987 (Abbott 1999: 193)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), the downy part of a feather, a small soft feather (Smith & Lockwood 1933).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 January 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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