Species Dermocarpa protea

Name: Dermocarpa protea Setchell and Gardner 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro’te.a. N.L. fem. n. protea, probably meaning one who changes shape

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: der-mo-KAR-pa PRO-te-a, feminine

Holotype: 467

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:455-486.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- ❗ Dermocarpa protea 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Pacific coast marine algae III. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:455-486.

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Record number: 27801

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