Taylorophycus laxus

Taylorophycus laxus, fig. 1

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caulacanthaceae
Genus: Taylorophycus
Species: Taylorophycus laxus

Name

Taylorophycus laxus (W.R.Taylor) E.Y.Dawson, 1961 (as 'laxum')

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Leptocladia laxa W.R.Taylor, 1945
    • Type locality: Point Hughes, Cabo San Lazaro, Baja California, Mexico.
    • Holotype: W.R. Taylor #34-603; 1934-03-07; Hancock Foundation. (sheet 172, including slides 1428-1431)

References

• Dawson, E.Y. 1961. Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 4. Gigartinales. Pacific Naturalist 2: 191–343, 63 plates. Reference page. : 224, pl. 27
• Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 12: i–iv, 1–528, 3 figs, 100 pls. Online BHL Hathitrust Reference page. : 163, pl. 38: fig. 1
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. Taylorophycus laxus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2019-12-01.

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