Meiodiscus concrescens (K.M.Drew) P.W.Gabrielson 2000
Publication Details
Meiodiscus concrescens (K.M.Drew) P.W.Gabrielson 2000: 42 (footnote)
Published in: Gabrielson, P.W., Widdowson, T.B., Lindstrom, S.C., Hawkes, M.W. & Scagel, R.F. (2000). Keys to the benthic marine algae and seagrasses of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, Washington and Oregon Phycological Contribution No. 5. pp. [i]-iv, 1-189. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Department of Botany.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Meiodiscus is Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) G.W.Saunders & McLachlan.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Rhodochorton concrescens K.M.Drew
Type Information
Type locality: Carmel Bay, California, U.S.A.; (Drew 1928: 168) Type: Gardner no. 4828; August; UC; 294561 (Drew 1928: 168)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), the fusing or joining together of originally separate parts.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 May 2014
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Taxonomic note
West (1970, a Rhodochorton concrescens) described a life history in culture with successive generations of tetrapsorophytes in plants collected in California. - (02 May 2014) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Epiphytic on Pterosiphonia bipinnata (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009). - (10 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 May 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2025
