Gelidiella womersleyana Kraft & I.A.Abbott 1998
Publication Details
Gelidiella womersleyana Kraft & I.A.Abbott 1998: 56, figs 2-17
Published in: Kraft, G.T. & Abbott, I.A. (1998). Gelidiella womersleyana (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta), a diminutive new species from the Hawaiian Islands. Botanica Marina 41: 51-61, 17 figs, 1 table.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidiella is Echinocaulon spinellum Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Parviphycus womersleyanus (Kraft & I.A.Abbott) Santelices.
Type Information
Type locality: Kaiwi Point, ca. 1 km north of the harbor at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii I., 19.67º N Lat., 156.0º W. Long.; (Kraft & Abbott 1998: 56) Holotype: G. Kraft; 4 May 1996; From the sides of a nearly vertical basalt pinnacle between 7-9 m depths, growing on encrusting coralline algae; MELU; A42498 (Kraft & Abbott 1998: 56) Notes: Two whole-mount isotypes (MELU, A42499, A42500) and one isotype slide of cross-sections (MELU, A42501).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 April 2007
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
