Eucheuma alvarezii Doty 1985

Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao

Current name: Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao
 Ecuador 2011 - 11 June 2020.  Seaweed Consulting

Publication Details
Eucheuma alvarezii Doty 1985: 37, figs 1-6

Published in: Doty, M.S. (1985). Eucheuma alvarezii sp. nov. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from Malaysia. In: Taxonomy of economic seaweeds with reference to some Pacific and Caribbean species. (Abbott, I.A. & Norris, J.N. Eds), pp. 37-45. La Jolla: California Sea Grant College Program [Report T-CSGCP-011].

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 Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao.

Type Information
Holotype locality: Creagh Reef, south of Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia; (Doty 1985: 38) Holotype: 13 October 1978; Growing attached to calcareous solid materials of detrital origin near the channel west of Karindingan Island on Creagh Reef; BISH; MSD 28727 (Doty 1985: 38) Notes: Within 0.5 km of this same site, paratype collections were made of similar specimens on 10 July 1979 and 25 October 1979 (distributed to BISH,US).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 September 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 September 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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