Eucheuma alvarezii Doty 1985

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.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.

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).

Eponomy
Named for Mr. Vicente Alvarez, a biologist of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources who became the first Manager of Marine Colloids in the Philippines.

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 03 December 2024

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