Rytiphlaea australasica (Montagne) Harvey 1847
Current name: Protokuetzingia australasica (Montagne) Falkenberg
Publication Details
Rytiphlaea australasica (Montagne) Harvey 1847: 32
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rytiphlaea is Rytiphlaea purpurea C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Protokuetzingia australasica (Montagne) Falkenberg.
Basionym
Rhodomela australasica Montagne
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad radices caulesque Ruppice antarcticae: in littoribus Van Diemen à Labillardière lectae in herbario suo nunc Webbiano servate..." [Storm Bay, Tasmania]; (Montagne 1840: 154) Holotype: Labillardiere; PC; Herb. Montagne (Womersley 2003: 376) Notes: This type locality of Storm Bay, Tasmania was first recorded by Ducker (1979: 20).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Pertaining to Australasia.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 January 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
