Grateloupia maxima (N.L.Gardner) Kylin 1941
Publication Details
Grateloupia maxima (N.L.Gardner) Kylin 1941: 10
Published in: Kylin, H. (1941). Californische Rhodophyceen. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 37(2): 1-51, 7 figs, 13 plates.
Request PDFPublication date: "28 febr. 1941"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Grateloupia is Grateloupia filicina (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Grateloupia doryphora (Montagne) M.Howe.
Source of Synonymy
Dawson, E.Y. (1953). Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 1. Bangiales to Corallinaceae subf. Corallinoidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 17: 1-239, Plates 1-33.
Basionym
Grateloupia cutleriae f. maxima N.L.Gardner
Type Information
Type locality: Fort Point, San Francisco, California. (Some of Gardner's Fort Point material is labeled •75 mile inside the bay from the Fort."); (Dawson 1954: 246) Syntype: N.L. Gardner; june 10, 1906; On rocks at low tide; Phycotheca Boreali-Americana; CXXIV, A-B (Dawson 1954: 246)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), largest.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 November 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
