Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini 1858
Current name:
Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini
Hsiao-Liuchiu island, Pingtong County, Taiwan. 1992. 5. 22. Photo by Huang Su-fang, National Taiwan Museum, from http://www.ntm.gov.tw/seaweeds.Sue Huang (sfhuang@ntm.gov.tw)
Publication Details
Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini 1858: 265, pl. 5: fig. 2
Published in: Zanardini, J.[=G.] (1858 '1857'). Plantarum in mari Rubro hucusque collectarum enumerato (juvante A. Figari). Memoirie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 7: 209-309, pls III-XIV.
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
Type locality: Aquaba (Akaba), Jordan; (Silva & al. 1996: 155) Type: Museo Civico, Venice?; (Yoshida 1998: 813) Notes: Abott (1988, 1994) cites the Red Sea as the type locality.
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), curved, like a bow (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
