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Taxonomy

 

  

 

  • phylum Rhodophyta
  • class Florideophyceae 
  • order Ceramiales
  • family Ceramiaceae
  • genus Scagelia
  • species occidentale

Status of name:
        The name Scagelia occidentale is thought to be a synonym of Scagelia americana (Hansen et al.), and the basionym is Antithamnion occidentale (Kylin).
The type information is:
        Type locality: Friday Harbor, Washington, U.S.A. (Athanasiadis 1996). Lectotype: Kylin; July 1922; (Athanasiadis 1996) (image to left is a specimen Scagelia occidentale from Friday Harbor Herbarium which came from the same location month and year as the type, the type location is unknown)
 
   

References:

Hansen and Scagel. "A morphological study of Antithamnion boreale (Gobi) Kjellman and its relationship to the genus Scagelia Wollaston (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta)", Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 108, April - June 1981, No.2 pp. 205-212

Kylin, Harald. The Marine Red Algae In The Vicinity Of The Biological Station At Friday Harbor, Wash. Lund: Hakan Ohlsson, 1925.