Smithora naiadum (C.L.Anderson) Hollenberg 1959

Current name: Smithora naiadum (C.L.Anderson) Hollenberg
Cape Blanco, Oregon, U.S.A. - 18 August 2010. Simona Augyte (Simona.Augyte@humboldt.edu)

Publication Details
Smithora naiadum (C.L.Anderson) Hollenberg 1959: 3-11

Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1959). Smithora, an interesting new algal genus in the Erythropeltidaceae. Pacific Naturalist 1(8): 3-11, 5 figures.

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Publication date: 1 August 1959

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Smithora.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Porphyra naiadum C.L.Anderson

Type Information
Type locality: California, USA; Type: on Zosera & Phyllospadix; Notes: Index Nominum Algarum states the type locality is implied to be Farallon Is., but more likely Santa Cruz.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 October 2010

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Habitat note
mid intertidal; epiphytic on Phyllospadix (Augyte & Shaughnessy, 2014). - (05 December 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 April 2025