Betaphycus gelatinus (Esper) Doty ex P.C.Silva 1996
Publication Details
Betaphycus gelatinus (Esper) Doty ex P.C.Silva 1996: 326
Published in: 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: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Betaphycus is Betaphycus philippinensis Doty.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus gelatinus Esper
Type Information
Type locality: Not specified [" in den ostindischen Meeren, und vorzüglich an den Küsten von China" (INA)]; (Silva & al. 1996: 325) Lectotype: HGB; (Doty 1988: 188) Notes: Doty (1995: 243) notes that the type material for this species appears to be from an abundance of frond fragments found in the Esper collections housed in the Herbarium of Institut Allgemeine Botanik, Hamburg, Gemany (HGB). A fragment (numbered 34697) in the Agardh Hebarium at the University of Lund, Sweden (LD), appears to have come from thiis Esper collection. Physically, these fragments are poorly preserved but they are accepted as isolectotypes. The specimen illustrated by Doty (1988, fig. 23A) is in the Hamburg herbarium and was selected as the lectotype and the LD specimen is an isolectotype. [HBG fide Doty in Abbott (ed.) Taxon. Econ. Seaweeds 5: 243, 1995 (INA)].
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 October 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
