Eucheuma isiforme (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1847

Publication Details
Eucheuma isiforme (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1847: 16

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1847). Nya alger från Mexico. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 4: 5-17.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Eucheuma is Eucheuma spinosum J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Eucheumatopsis isiformis (C.Agardh) Núñez-Resendiz, Dreckmann & Sentíes.

Source of Synonymy
Núnez-Resendiz, M., Dreckmann, K.M., Sentíes, A., Wynne, M.J. & León-Tejera, H.P. (2019). Eucheumatopsis isiformis gen & comb. nov. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Yukatan Peninsula, to accommodate Eucheuma isiforme. Phycologia 58(1): 51-62.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus isiformis C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: West Indies; (Silva & al. 1996: 901) Holotype: Lund; 34654 (Doty 1988: 181) Notes: Holotype: Aspegren specimen in Lund No. 34654. Cheney (1988: 212) notes that there is an isotype (S).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 May 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Doty(1988: 181) cites 1852 as the publication date for this. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025

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