Maripelta rotata (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson 1963

Maripelta rotata (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson

Current name: Maripelta rotata (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson
Monterey Submarine Canyon, Monterey, California; cultured plants isolated by Dick Moe in the 1970s. The rotate blades shed every month or two leaving behind annulations on the the stipe; mature rotate bladesMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Maripelta rotata (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson 1963: 446

Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1963). Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 6. Rhodymeniales. Nova Hedwigia 5: 437-476, pls 77-95.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Maripelta.

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

Basionym
Drouetia rotata E.Y.Dawson

Type Information
Type locality: AHF Station 1624-48; 1 mile east of White Cove, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA; (Dawson 1949: 9) Holotype: 31 October 1948; on a specimen of Laqueus californicus dredged in 68-70 m; AHF; 28746 (Dawson 1949: 9)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wheel-shaped.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 May 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 September 2008

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 September 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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