Kappaphycus cottonii

Kappaphycus cottonii, type

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gigartinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Gigartinales

Familia: Solieriaceae
Genus: Kappaphycus
Species: Kappaphycus cottonii

Name

Kappaphycus cottonii (Weber-van Bosse) Doty ex P.C.Silva, in Silva, Basson & Moe, 1996

Not to be confused with the trade name "Cottonii", that is generally accepted to apply to Kappaphycus alvarezii.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eucheuma cottonii Weber-van Bosse, 1913
    • Lectotype locality: Saya de Malha in the Indian Ocean north of Mauritius . Lectotype: Stanley Gardiner; In 26 fathoms of water. Leiden Herbarium 938.316-220 (Doty 1988: 177). Isotype: British Museum.
• Heterotypic
  • Eucheuma okamurae Yamada, 1936

References

• Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. 1996. Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: 1–1259. ISBN 978-0520-09810-7 Reference page. : 333
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Kappaphycus cottonii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 16 February 2018.

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