Kappaphycopsis cottonii (Weber Bosse) Dumilag & Zuccarello 2022

Publication Details
Kappaphycopsis cottonii (Weber Bosse) Dumilag & Zuccarello 2022: [4]

Published in: Dumilag, R.V. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2022). Phylogeny and genetic diversity of the Philippine euchematoid genus Mimica (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta), and the proposal for Kappaphycopsis gen. nov. to include the anomalous species of Kappaphycus, K. cottonii. Phycologia 61(5): [1-8] 496-503.

Publication date: online 24 June 2022

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Eucheuma cottonii Weber Bosse

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Saya de Malha in the Indian Ocean north of Mauritius; (Doty 1988: 177) Lectotype: Stanley Gardiner; In 26 fathoms of water; Leiden Herbarium; 938.316-220 (Doty 1988: 177) Notes: An isotype is deposited in the British Museum.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 July 2022 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 July 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024

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