Ericiolus pusillus (H.A.Thomsen & J.B.Østergaard) Archontikis & Jer.R.Young 2023
Publication Details
Ericiolus pusillus (H.A.Thomsen & J.B.Østergaard) Archontikis & Jer.R.Young 2023: 188
Published in: Archontikis, O.A., Millán, J.G., Winter, A.& Young J.R. (2023). Taxonomic re-evaluation of Ericiolus and Mercedesia (Prymnesiophyceae) and description of three new species. Phycologia 62(2): 179-193.
Publication date: online 14 March 2023
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ericiolus is Ericiolus spiculiger H.A.Thomsen.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Mercedesia pusilla Thomsen & Østergaard
Type Information
Type locality: Weddell Sea, Antarctica (EPOS st. #186 at 57°57S/49°00W); (Thomsen & Østergaard 2015: 159) Holotype:figs 11, 13: [processed on 28 December 1998]; occurring in a mixed sample from 10 and 20 meters depth; (Thomsen & Østergaard 2015: 159)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 June 2023 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 October 2024
