Crouania wattsii Harvey 1863

Publication Details
Crouania wattsii Harvey 1863: pl. CCXCI [291]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crouania is Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Muellerena wattsii (Harvey) F.Schmitz.

Type Information
Type locality: Warrnambool [Victoria]; (Womersley 1998: 72) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1998: 72): H. Watts No. 221; September 1860; TCD; Herb. Harvey, Alg. Austr. Exsicc. 221 (Womersley 1998: 72)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 June 2001 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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