Liagoropsis— Doty and Abbott 
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Figs. 3, 4. Photographs of female carpogonial thalli believed to be representative of Liagoropsis schrammi. 
Fig. 3, M. Doty no. 16954 from the Philippines. Fig. 4, A cotype of Liagoropsis maxima from Y. Yamada’s 
herbarium. 
Collins and Hervey (1917), or Howe (1918, 
1920) in their several floristic treatises of the 
western warmer Atlantic. Strangely enough it is 
not yet known, seemingly, from south of the 
equator except for the Williams collection. This 
is certainly due in part to a lack of habitats in 
the western Atlantic and Indian oceans south of 
the equator, but perhaps even more likely due 
to our lack of floristic information on these 
areas. However, it appears neither elsewhere in 
the studies of Boergesen nor in those of Weber 
Van Bosse, whose works on Indian Ocean and 
Indonesian algae were both intensive and exten- 
sive. The relative abundance of records from 
the Indian Ocean north of the equator is less 
easy to explain, unless it is the result of a greater 
collecting intensity in these waters. 
DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION OF THE SPECIES 
It is our intention to continue use of the old- 
est legitimate specific epithet published which 
applies to the one species we feel should be 
recognized; and this is accepted here as "schram- 
mi” validly published in the combination Hel- 
minthocladia schrammi, with the very poor 
description, " Pourpre jaunatre a I’etat frais,” by 
Maze and Schramm (1870-77:177-178). As 
Boergesen (1909:4) points out, J. Agardh 
(1890:41), in treating this alga as a Helmin- 
thocladia, suggested it might better be treated 
as a member of the Chordariaceae (Phaeophyta). 
There seems to be no question, applying con- 
temporary criteria, but that this is a member of 
the rhodophytan order Nemalionales, the classi- 
fication, nomenclature, and nature of which are 
discussed below. 
Liagoropsis schrammi (Maze et Schramm) 
comb. nov. 
Figs. 1-19. 
basionym : Helminth ocladia schrammi Maze 
et Schramm. 1870-77. Algues de la Guadeloupe, 
2 e ed, p. 177. 
