Tiffaniella capitata (Bornet) Doty & Meñez 1960
Current name:
Tiffaniella capitata (Bornet) Doty & Meñez
Galicia, Ría de Arousa, 2011 - 09 December 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Tiffaniella capitata (Bornet) Doty & Meñez 1960: 137 (as 'capitatum')
Published in: Doty, M.S. & Meñez, E.G. (1960). Tiffaniella, a new genus in the Ceramiales. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 79(2): 135-144, 14 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tiffaniella is Tiffaniella saccorhiza (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Doty & Meñez.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Spermothamnion capitatum Bornet
Type Information
Type locality: Tanger [Tangier, Morocco]; (Bornet 1892: 323) Notes: Alg. Schousb. No. 220.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 December 2023
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
