Iridophycus cornucopiae (Postels & Ruprecht) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1937
Publication Details
Iridophycus cornucopiae (Postels & Ruprecht) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1937: 170
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1937). Iridophycus in the northern hemisphere. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 23: 169-174.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Iridophycus is Iridaea capensis J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mazzaella laminarioides (Bory) Fredericq.
Basionym
Iridaea cornucopiae Postels & Ruprecht
Type Information
Type locality: In oceano pacifico septentrionale ; (Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 18) Type: LE; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 110) Notes: In oceano pacifico septentrionali. Hughey, Silva & Hommersand (2001: 1103) showed that the type of I. cornucopiae, alleged to have come from the NW coast of North America, but based on its ITS 1 sequence, was the same as Mazzaella laminarioidesfrom Chile.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the Horn of Plenty.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 November 2001 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 17 October 2015
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
