Species Hyella socialis

Name: Hyella socialis Setchell and Gardner 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: so.ci.a’lis. L. fem. adj. socialis, social

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … so-ki-A-lis, feminine

Holotype: UC 205595

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: Myxohyella socialis (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1925

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Myxohyella socialis (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Geitler 1925	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Hyella socialis 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 Hyella.
- ✏ 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: Hyella Bornet and Flahault 1888

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: 18721

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