Gymnogongrus chiton (M.Howe) P.C.Silva & DeCew 1979
Current name:
Fredericqia chiton (M.Howe) Maggs, L.Le Gall, Mineur, Provan & G.W. Saunders
Northern California - 08 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)
Publication Details
Gymnogongrus chiton (M.Howe) P.C.Silva & DeCew 1979: 322
Published in: Silva, P.C. (1979). The benthic algal flora of central San Francisco Bay. In: San Francisco Bay: the Urbanized Estuary. (Conomos, T.J. Eds), pp. 287-345. San Francisco: Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gymnogongrus is Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) C.Martius.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fredericqia chiton (M.Howe) Maggs, L.Le Gall, Mineur, Provan & G.W. Saunders.
Basionym
Actinococcus chiton M.Howe
Type Information
Holotype locality: San Pedro [Los Angeles County], California; (Howe 1914: 115, adnot.) Holotype: Oct., 1907; NY?; Notes: Silva (1979: 322) mentioned a type locality of "Duxbury Reef, Marin Co., California".
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 March 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
