Species Dermocarpa sphaeroidea

Name: Dermocarpa sphaeroidea Setchell and Gardner 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphae.ro.i’de.a. N.L. fem. adj. sphaeroidea, spherical [probably better: sphaeroides]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: der-mo-KAR-pa sp^ha͡e-ro-I-de-a, feminine

Holotype: UC 205599

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 sphaeroidea (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cyanocystis sphaeroidea (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Sphaenosiphon sphaeroideus (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Beljakova 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Dermocarpa sphaeroidea 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 II. University of California Publications in Botany 1918; 6:429-454.

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Record number: 27803

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