Gracilaria ferox J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Gracilaria ferox J.Agardh 1852: 592
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Martinique; (Oliveira Filho, Bird & McLachlan 1983: 3003) Lectotype (cystocarpic): received from L.I. Duperrey; herb. Agardh, LD; 29118 (Oliveira Filho, Bird & McLachlan 1983: 3003, fig. 3) Notes: Lectotype: NY01089159 (Lyra et al., 2016: 1011)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), very thorny, fierce (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 April 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
