Species Dermocarpa cladophorae

Name: Dermocarpa cladophorae (Tilden 1900) Silva 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: cla.do’pho.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. cladophorae, of the green alga genus Cladophora

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: der-mo-KAR-pa kla-DO-p^ho-ra͡e, feminine

Holotype: 382

Valid publication: Silva PC, Basson PW, Moe RL. Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1996; 79:1-1166.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Xenococcus cladophorae (Tilden 1900) Setchell and Gardner 1918

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Xenococcus cladophorae (Tilden 1900) Setchell and Gardner 1918	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Dermocarpa cladophorae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Dermocarpa.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Silva) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Silva et al.).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858

Assigned by: Silva PC, Basson PW, Moe RL. Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1996; 79:1-1166.

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Record number: 27869

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Species Dermocarpa cladophorae