Gracilaria blodgettii Harvey 1853
Current name:
Gracilaria blodgettii Harvey
Carnac Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Gracilaria blodgettii Harvey 1853: 111
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1853). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the atlantic and pacific coasts of North America. Part II. Rhodospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(5): [i-ii], [1]-258, pls XIII-XXXVI.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Key West, Florida, U.S.A; (Silva & al. 1996: 156) Type: TCD; (Yoshida 1998: 814)
Eponomy
Named for the American collector, Dr Blodgett
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 March 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 December 2024
