Phycodrina elegans Setchell & Gardner, 1937
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Phcodrys elegans Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1937; Phycodrys pulchra W.R.Taylor, 1945
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1977 (Miller et al., 2007)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Biology
Hypodigm
CDS 17652
CDS 23250
CDS 135672
For full details, see: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/1/17652/ and http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/1/23250/ and http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/1/135672/
Media
For a photo of a specimen preserved on sheet see [url=http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=3333+3333+1007+0666]here[/url].
References
Guiry, M. D. (2010). Phycodrina elegans (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) M.J. Wynne, 1985. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2010). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=376177 on 2011-09-12
Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. (2007). Phycodrina elegans. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 12 September 2011.
Taylor, W. R. (1945). Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12: i-iv, 1-528, 3 figs, 100 pls.
Wellington, G. M. (1975). The Galápagos coastal marine environments. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Quito. 357 pp.
Wynne M. J. (1985). Taxonomic delineation of Phycodrina (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), a new genus endemic to the Galápagos. Systematic Botany 10: 73-80.