Wrangelia bicuspidata Børgesen 1916

Wrangelia bicuspidata Børgesen

Current name: Wrangelia bicuspidata Børgesen
Panama. Saboga-Las Perlas. Habit showing fine soft filamentous branchlets.Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication Details
Wrangelia bicuspidata Børgesen 1916: 118, figs 127-130

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1916). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (2). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 81-144, Figs 87-148.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Wrangelia is Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Found in several places at St. Jan in the sound between this island and St. Thomas where it seems to be common." [Caribbean]; (Børgesen 1916: 118) Notes: Type: C?

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), two-pointed.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 October 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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