Kappaphycus alvarezii

Kappaphycus alvarezii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Solieriaceae
Genus: Kappaphycus
Species: Kappaphycus alvarezii

Name

Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex P.C.Silva, in Silva, Basson & Moe, 1996

• inadequate citation of basionym by Doty (1988), validated by P.C. Silva.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Eucheuma alvarezii Doty, 1985
    • Holotype locality: Creagh Reef, south of Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia. Holotype: 13 October 1978; Growing attached to calcareous solid materials of detrital origin near the channel west of Karindingan Island on Creagh Reef. BISH MSD 28727. Paratypes: 10 July 1979, 25 October 1979, BISH, US.
• Heterotypic
  • Eucheuma cottonii var. erecta

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 alvarezii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 16 February 2018.

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