Drachiella minuta (Kylin) Maggs & Hommersand 1993

Current name: Myriogramme minuta Kylin
Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2010Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Drachiella minuta (Kylin) Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 236

Published in: Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Drachiella is Drachiella spectabilis J.Ernst & Feldmann.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Myriogramme minuta Kylin.

Basionym
Myriogramme minuta Kylin

Type Information
Type locality: Naples, Italy; (Kylin 1924: 57) Lectotype: illustration in Kylin (1924: fig. 44a) (epitype) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 236) Notes: The only material in Kylin’s herbarium (LD) was collected in 1929 (Maggs & Hommersand, 1993: 236, footnote).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small; minute (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 December 2023

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Taxonomic note
According to Wynne (1994) the transfer of Myriogramme minuta to the genus Drachiella by Maggs & Hommersand (1993) is rather tenuous %u201C"...in that the tetrasporangial sori are produced directly on the primary blade in Myriogramme minuta rather than on special proliferations. This character serves to separate genera in the family...". See further notes under Myriogramme minuta. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
At low eulittoral levels epiphytic on larger algae and epilithic (Tittley et al. 2009). - (25 March 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025