Kumanoa gracillima (West & G.S.West) Entwisle, M.L.Vis, W.B.Chiasson, Necchi & A.R.Sherwood 2009
Publication Details
Kumanoa gracillima (West & G.S.West) Entwisle, M.L.Vis, W.B.Chiasson, Necchi & A.R.Sherwood 2009: 710
Published in: Entwisle, T.J., Vis, M.L., Chiasson, W.B., Necchi Jr., O. & Sherwood, A.R. (2009). Systematics of the Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta) - a synthesis. Journal of Phycology 45(3): 704-715, 2 figs, 1 table.
Request PDFPublication date: June 2009
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kumanoa is Kumanoa virgatodecaisneana (Sirodot) Entwisle & al..
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Batrachospermum gracillimum West & G.S.West
Type Information
Type locality: Angola: Pungo Andongo: River Tangue; (West & West 1897: 2) "Lectotype": Welwitsch (Collection no. 150); 3 May 1857; LISU; (Vis & Necchi 2021: 191) Notes: "BM (Isotype)." (Vis & Necchi 2021: 191). Isolectotype?
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very slender (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 17 February 2010 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025
