Crouania pumila B.Gavio, V.P.Reyes-Gómez & M.J.Wynne 2013
Publication Details
Crouania pumila B.Gavio, V.P.Reyes-Gómez & M.J.Wynne 2013: 1017, figs 2-17
Published in: Gavio, B., Reyes-Gómez, V.P. & Wynne, M.J. (2013). Crouania pumila sp. nov. (Callithamniaceae: Rhodophyta), a new species of marine red algae from the Seaflower International Biosphere Reserve, Caribbean Colombia. Revista de Biología Tropical 61: 1015-1023.
Request PDFPublication date: received 28 August 2013
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crouania is Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "The type specimens were epiphytic on Chondria sp., at El Planchón, Old Providence Island, Colombia."; (Gavio, Reyes-Gómez & Wynne 2013: 1020) Notes: Holotype: "VR 191, collected by B. Gavio and J.F. Ortiz, 18 October, 2009, at a depth of 16m COL 550268 (Herbario Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Colombia), a female plant." Isotypes: COL 550269, female; COL 550270 vegetative plant.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dwarf.
Created: 28 August 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 February 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025
