Grateloupia tasmanica Womersley & J.A.Lewis 1994
Current name:
Polyopes tasmanicus (Womersley & J.A.Lewis) Kawaguchi & J.A.Lewis
Polyopes tasmanica, Cressy Beach, Tasmania, Australia - 03 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Grateloupia tasmanica Womersley & J.A.Lewis 1994: 201, 202, figs 59 C-E, 60 D-F
Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. & Lewis, J.A. (1994). Family Halymeniaceae Bory 1828: 158. In: The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part IIIA. Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 167-218. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Grateloupia is Grateloupia filicina (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyopes tasmanicus (Womersley & J.A.Lewis) Kawaguchi & J.A.Lewis.
Type Information
Type locality: "Taroona, Tas." [Tasmania]; (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 202) Holotype: [J. Craig?] Sanderson; 24 November 1991; low eulittoral; AD; A61532 (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 202) Notes: Womersley (1994: 202) notes that there is an isotype in AD.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 24 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
