Yuzurua iridescens (M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine) Sentíes & M.J.Wynne

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Laurencieae
Genus Yuzurua

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Publication details
Yuzurua iridescens (M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine) Sentíes & M.J.Wynne 2015: 606, figs 1, 2

Published in: Sentíes, Wynne, M.J., Cassano, V., Díaz-Larrea, J., Gil-Rodríguez, M.C. & Fuji, M.T. (2015). Yuzurua iridescens (M.J. Wynne & D.L. Ballantine) comb. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the Caribbean Sea: morphological and molecular evidence. Brazilian Journal of Botany 38(3): 605-613, 3 figs, 2 tables.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Yuzurua is Yuzurua poiteaui (J.V.Lamouroux) Martin-Lescanne.

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

Basionym
Laurencia iridescens M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine

Type information
Type locality: Les Alizes, southeast of Moule, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies (Wynne & Ballantine 1991: 395). Holotype: M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine; 23 February 1987; in the midlittoral zone on an exposed limestone pavement. MICH Wynne 8278 [=Ballantine 2675] (Wynne & Ballantine 1991: 395).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chondrophycus iridescens (M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine) D.J.Garbary & J.T.Harper 1998
Palisada iridescens (M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine) K.W.Nam 2007

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chondrophycus iridescens (M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine) D.J.Garbary & J.T.Harper)
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Schneider & Lane 2007).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005).

(as Palisada iridescens (M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine) K.W.Nam)
Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez, Martínez-Daranas & Alfonso 2014).

(as Yuzurua iridescens (M.J.Wynne & D.L.Ballantine) Sentíes & M.J.Wynne)
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2017).

Created: 11 January 2017 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 11 January 2017 by M.D. Guiry

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References
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Sentíes, Wynne, M.J., Cassano, V., Díaz-Larrea, J., Gil-Rodríguez, M.C. & Fuji, M.T. (2015). Yuzurua iridescens (M.J. Wynne & D.L. Ballantine) comb. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the Caribbean Sea: morphological and molecular evidence. Brazilian Journal of Botany 38(3): 605-613, 3 figs, 2 tables.

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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2017.