Gelidium pyramidale N.L.Gardner 1927
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gelidiales
Family Gelidiaceae
Genus Gelidium
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Publication details
Gelidium pyramidale N.L.Gardner 1927: 273, pls. 36, 37: fig. 1, 45, 46: fig. 2
Published in: Gardner, N.L. (1927). New species of Gelidium on the Pacific coast of North America. University of California Publications in Botany 13: 273-318, pls 36-54.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), pyramid-shaped (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: La Jolla, California (Gardner 1927: 273). Type: Growing on rocks in the upper sublittoral belt. Herb. Univ. Calif. 77876 (Gardner 1927: 273).
Detailed distribution with sources (Click to Load)
Source of current name
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.
Created: 18 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 19 September 2007 by Wendy Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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