Austrolithon intumescens A.S.Harvey & Woelkerling 1995
Publication Details
Austrolithon intumescens A.S.Harvey & Woelkerling 1995: 363, figs 1-41
Published in: Harvey, A.S. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1995). An account of Austrolithon intumescens gen. et. sp. nov. and Boreolithon van-heurckii (Heydrich) gen. et. comb. nov. (Austrolithoideae subfam. nov., Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 34: 362-382.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Austrolithon.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Kitty Miller Bay, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia; (Harvey & Woelkerling 1995: 363) Holotype (male, female and tetrasporangial plants): Woelkerling, Campbell & Penrose; 2 December 1985; Endophytic in Haliptilon roseum (Lamarck) Garbary & Johansen; LTB; 15232 (Harvey & Woelkerling 1995: 363)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Host plants (Haliptilon roseum) collected from tide pools, the intertidal and the subtidal to depths of 22 metres (Harvey & Woelkerling 1995: 363).
Created: 22 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
