Chylocladia cliftonii Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Chylocladia cliftonii Harvey 1855: 556 ('cliftoni')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chylocladia is Chylocladia kaliformis (Goodenough & Woodward) Hooker.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Coelarthrum cliftonii (Harvey) Kylin.

Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 357) Lectotype: Clifton; Herb. Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 1996: 59) Notes: Womersley notes that C. cliftonii was based on Harvey's Trav. Set 265 which was not located in TCD in 1952. A Clifton specimen in TCD (Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 425a) is chosen as lectotype. Isolectotypes in MEL, 502097 and AD, A18250.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Generally found attached to rock or coral at depths to 35 m (Huisman 1996: 96).

Created: 30 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 March 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 March 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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