Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao 1996

Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao

Current name: Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao
Mobassa, Kenya; farm - 20 November 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao 1996: 158

Published in: Liao, L.M. (1996). Validation of names transferred to Kappaphycus Doty from Eucheuma J. Agardh (Rhodophyta: Solieriaceae). The Philippine Journal of Science 125(2): 158-160, no figs.

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Publication date: "April-June 1996"

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

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

Basionym
Eucheuma alvarezii Doty

Type Information
Holotype locality: Creagh Reef, south of Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia; (Doty 1985: 38) Holotype: 13 October 1978; Growing attached to calcareous solid materials of detrital origin near the channel west of Karindingan Island on Creagh Reef; BISH; MSD 28727 (Doty 1985: 38) Notes: Within 0.5 km of this same site, paratype collections were made of similar specimens on 10 July 1979 and 25 October 1979 (distributed to BISH,US).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 July 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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