Bossea cooperi E.Y.Dawson & P.C.Silva 1953
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Subfamily Corallinoideae
Genus Bossea
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Publication details
Bossea cooperi E.Y.Dawson & P.C.Silva in E.Y. Dawson 1953: 158, pl. 8: fig. 7; pl. 24, fig. 2
Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1953). Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 1. Bangiales to Corallinaceae subf. Corallinoidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 17: 1-239, Plates 1-33. Download PDF
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bossea is Bossea plumosa Manza.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bossiella dichotoma (Manza) P.C.Silva
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Playa Rosarita, Baja California, Mexico (Dawson 1953: 159). Holotype: March 5, 1947; In protected tide pools. HAHF Cooper 545, on sheet 14521 including slide 1412 (Dawson 1953: 159).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Bossea cooperi E.Y.Dawson & P.C.Silva)
North America: Mexico (Dawson 1953).
Source of current name
Hind, K. R., Gabrielson, P. W. & Saunders, G. W. (2014). Molecular-assisted alpha taxonomy reveals pseudocryptic diversity among species of Bossiella (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 53(5): 443-456.
Key references
Hind, K. R., Gabrielson, P. W. & Saunders, G. W. (2014). Molecular-assisted alpha taxonomy reveals pseudocryptic diversity among species of Bossiella (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 53(5): 443-456.
Created: 20 December 2001 by Elizabeth Moran
Verified by: 05 October 2014 by Paul Gabrielson
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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