Iridaea capensis J.Agardh 1848

Current name: Mazzaella capensis (J.Agardh) Fredericq
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock - 20 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Iridaea capensis J.Agardh 1848: 47

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Iridaea is Iridaea cordata (Turner) Bory.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mazzaella capensis (J.Agardh) Fredericq.

Source of Synonymy
Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. (1993). New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105-120, 41 figs.

Type Information
Syntype localities: Table Bay and Simons Bay, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 293) Type: LD; (Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 112)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), pertaining to the Cape, usually the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 April 2015

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Nomenclatural note
1847: 85, pl. 1 (Hommersand et al. 1993: 112) - (07 July 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 April 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025