Gymnogongrus chiton (M.Howe) P.C.Silva & DeCew 1979

Publication Details
Gymnogongrus chiton (M.Howe) P.C.Silva & DeCew 1979: 322

Published in: Silva, P.C. (1979). The benthic algal flora of central San Francisco Bay. In: San Francisco Bay: the Urbanized Estuary. (Conomos, T.J. Eds), pp. 287-345. San Francisco: Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gymnogongrus is Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fredericqia chiton (M.Howe) Maggs, L.Le Gall, Mineur, Provan & G.W. Saunders.

Source of Synonymy
Maggs, C.A., Le Gall, L., Mineur, F., Provan, J. & Saunders, G.W. (2013). Fredericqia deveauniensis, gen. et sp. nov. (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta), a new cryptogenic species. Cryptogamie Algologie 34: 273-296.

Basionym
Actinococcus chiton M.Howe

Type Information
Holotype locality: San Pedro [Los Angeles County], California; (Howe 1914: 115, adnot.) Holotype: Oct., 1907; NY?; Notes: Silva (1979: 322) mentioned a type locality of "Duxbury Reef, Marin Co., California".

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2017

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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