Gracilariopsis silvana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gracilariaceae
Genus: Gracilariopsis
Species: Gracilariopsis silvana

Name

Gracilariopsis silvana Gurgel, Fredericq & J.N.Norris, 2003

• Type locality: Venezuela: Estado Falcón: Playa Barranquilla.
• Holotype: C.F.D. Gurgel, J.E. Conde, & C. Carmona FG-37; 14.vii.1999; US Alg. Coll. 204316.

• Named for Paul Claude Silva, American phycologist.

References

• Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. 2003. Gracilariopsis silvana sp. nov., G. hommersandii sp. nov., and G. cata-luziana sp. nov., three new species of Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the western Atlantic. Hidrobiologica 13: 57–68. Reference page. : 61, figs 1–16
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Gracilariopsis silvana. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 8 March 2018.