Species Dermocarpa violacea

Name: Dermocarpa violacea Crouan and Crouan 1858

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.a. L. fem. adj. violacea, violet-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: der-mo-KAR-pa wi-o-LA-ke-a, feminine

Valid publication: Crouan PL, Crouan HM. Note sur quelques algues marines nouvelles de la rade de Brest. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Quatrième série 1858; 9:69-75.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cyanocystis violacea (Crouan and Crouan 1858) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cyanocystis violacea (Crouan and Crouan 1858) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Sphaenosiphon violaceus (Crouan and Crouan 1858) Beljakova 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858. Publication: Crouan PL, Crouan HM. Note sur quelques algues marines nouvelles de la rade de Brest. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Quatrième série 1858; 9:69-75.
- ❗ Dermocarpa violacea 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Dermocarpa Crouan and Crouan 1858

Assigned by: Crouan PL, Crouan HM. Note sur quelques algues marines nouvelles de la rade de Brest. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Quatrième série 1858; 9:69-75.

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Record number: 18698

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Species Dermocarpa violacea