Valonia nutrix (Kraft & A.J.K.Millar) Kraft 2007

Publication Details
Valonia nutrix (Kraft & A.J.K.Millar) Kraft 2007: 122, 321

Published in: Kraft, G.T. (2007). Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green algae. pp. [i]-vi, 1-347, 110 text-figs; 11 pls. Canberra & Melbourne: Australian Biological Resources Study & CSIRO Publishing.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Valonia is Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ventricaria nutrix Kraft & A.J.K.Millar

Type Information
Type locality: Signal Point, Lord Howe Island, Australia; (Kraft 2000: 580) Holotype: G.T. Kraft & C. O'Brien; 13 May 1977; from the back walls of shore-facing undercuts of calcarenite stacks at Far Rocks, 1-1.5 m depth; MELU; A38836 (fig 28A) (Kraft 2000: 580) Notes: Kraft (2007: 122) cites MELU LHI-9770 as the Holotype.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 August 2007 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 August 2009

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 August 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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