Species Dermocarpa pacifica

Name: Dermocarpa pacifica Setchell and Gardner 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, of the Pacific

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-KI-fi-ka, feminine

Holotype: UC 205699

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific Coast Marine Algae II. University of California Publications in Botany 1918; 6:429-454.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyanocystis pacifica (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cyanocystis pacifica (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Dermocarpa pacifica 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 (Setchell and Gardner) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Gardner).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Pacific Coast Marine Algae II. University of California Publications in Botany 1918; 6:429-454.

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Record number: 27799

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