Gracilaria dawsonii Hoyle 1994

Publication Details
Gracilaria dawsonii Hoyle 1994: 85-94. figs. 1-9, table 1

Published in: Hoyle, M.D. (1994). Gracilaria dawsonii sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales): A second flattened species from the Hawaiian Islands. In: Taxonomy of economic seaweeds with reference to some Pacific species. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.4, pp. 85-94. California Sea Grant College.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Hauula Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii; (Hoyle 1994: 86) Holotype: G. A. Santos; May 13 1980; Fringing reef, attached to the limestone substratum among Laurencia parvipapillata Tseng, Rhodymenia leptophylloides Dawson and Amansia glomerata C. Agardh and underneath Sargassum sp. and entangled Ulva reticulata Forsskal; BISH; Doty 28976 (Hoyle 1994: 85) Notes: Hoyle (1994) notes that the holotype sheet contains the following specimens: one is spermatangial, three are cystocarpic, one is tetrasporangial and three are sterile. An isotype is deposited at UC. There are also syntypes deposited at BISH and UC.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 December 2005

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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