Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao 1996

Publication Details
Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao 1996: 158

Published in: Liao, L.M. (1996). Validation of names transferred to Kappaphycus Doty from Eucheuma J. Agardh (Rhodophyta: Solieriaceae). The Philippine Journal of Science 125(2): 158-160, no figs.

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Publication date: "April-June 1996"

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Kappaphycus.

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

Basionym
Eucheuma alvarezii Doty

Type Information
Holotype locality: Creagh Reef, south of Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia; (Doty 1985: 38) Holotype: 13 October 1978; Growing attached to calcareous solid materials of detrital origin near the channel west of Karindingan Island on Creagh Reef; BISH; MSD 28727 (Doty 1985: 38) Notes: Within 0.5 km of this same site, paratype collections were made of similar specimens on 10 July 1979 and 25 October 1979 (distributed to BISH,US).

Eponomy
Named for Mr. Vicente Alvarez, a biologist of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources who became the first Manager of Marine Colloids in the Philippines.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 July 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid publication of combination by Doty (1988): inadequate citation of basionym; subsequently validated by P.C. Silva. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional notes
Introduced into Fiji (N'Yeurt et al., 1996) and Hawaiian Islands (Abbott, 1999). Doty (1988: 172) notes that this species has been distributed widely by humans in recent years. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Cultivated in southeastern Brazil (Araújo et al., 2020). - (13 July 2020) - G.M. Guiry

Usage notes
Good antioxidant potential (Araújo et al., 2020). - (13 July 2020) - G.M. Guiry
According to Solis et al. (2010), three isolates of marine fungi (Aspergillus ochraceus, A. terreus and Phoma sp. induced ice-ice disease symptoms (thallus bleaching) in healthy, non-axenic cultures of K. alvarezii. Suárez, Martínez-Daranas, B. & Alfonso (2014: 97): "... se trata de una especie propia del Indopacífico, introducida en Cuba para la obtención de carragenanos. Actualmente se mantiene en crecimiento en un área de la costa norte de La Habana." - (14 January 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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