Species Xenococcus gilkeyae

Name: Xenococcus gilkeyae Setchell and Gardner 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gil.key’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. gilkeyae, named in honor of Helen Margaret Gilkey, American botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gil-KEY-a͡e, masculine

Holotype: 3962a

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Pacific Coast Marine Algae II. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:462.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dermocarpella gilkeyae (Setchell and Gardner 1918) Komárek and Anagnostidis 1986

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- ❗ Xenococcus gilkeyae 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 Xenococcus.
- ✏ 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: Xenococcus Thuret 1880

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Pacific Coast Marine Algae II. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1918; 6:462.

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Record number: 27804

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