Smpb. Guimaraes et Ec. Oliveira, TAXONOMY OF THE FLATTENED SOLIERIACEAE (RHODOPHYTA) IN BRAZIL - AGARDHIELLA AND MERISTIELLA, Journal of phycology, 32(4), 1996, pp. 656-668
Taxonomic studies of an extensive collection of flattened members of t
he Solieriaceae considered by many authors to be species of Agardhiell
a, Eucheuma, Meristotheca, and Meristiella lead us to conclude that th
ey represent only two genera in Brazil: Agardhiella, including A. ramo
sissima (Harvey) Kylin and A. floridana (Kylin) Gabrielson ex Guimarae
s et Oliveira, and Meristiella, with only one species, M. gelidium (J.
Agardh) Cheney et Gabrielson. Accordingly, we propose that 1) Meristo
theca gigartinoides Joly et Ugadim be synonymized with Agardhiella flo
ridana, and 2) Meristiella echinocarpa (Areschoug) Cheney et Gabrielso
n and M. schrammii (P. et H. Crouan) Cheney et Gabrielson by synonymiz
ed with Meristiella gelidium.