Kappaphycus procrusteanus (Kraft) Doty

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Solieriaceae
Genus Kappaphycus

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Publication details
Kappaphycus procrusteanus (Kraft) Doty 1988: 177, 178, fig. 15

Published in: Doty, M.S. (1988). Podromus ad systematica Eucheumatoideorum: a tribe of commercial seaweeds related to Eucheuma (Solieriaceae, Gigartinales). In: Taxonomy of economic seaweeds with reference to some Pacific and Caribbean species. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.2, pp. 159-207. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College Program [Report T-CSGCP-018].

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kappaphycus is Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex P.C.Silva.

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

Basionym
Eucheuma procrusteanum Kraft

Type information
Type locality: Semirara Islands of the northern Sulu Sea (Kraft 1970: 215). Holotype: BISH Kraft 960 (Kraft 1970: 215). Notes: Kraft (1970: 215) notes that the original five specimens bear Kraft No. 960: four are tetrasporic; the fifth thallus possesses mature cystocarps and is designated as the holotype.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Eucheuma procrusteanum Kraft 1970

Nomenclatural notes
The ending is treated as masculine in accordance with the provision in the Vienna Code (Art. 62C): (c) Compounds ending in -ceras, -dendron, -nema, -stigma, -stoma, and other neuter words, are neuter. An exception is made for names ending in -anthos (or -anthus), -chilos (-chilus or -cheilos), and -phykos (-phycos or -phycus), which ought to be neuter, since that is the gender of the Greek words anthos, cheilos, and phykos, but are treated as masculine in accordance with botanical tradition. - (8 Dec 2009) - M.D. Guiry

General environment
This is a marine species.

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Created: 02 August 2001 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 08 December 2009 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 February 2020.