Halopithys australasica (Montagne) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Protokuetzingia australasica (Montagne) Falkenberg
Busselton, Western Australia - 25 May 2011. John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Halopithys australasica (Montagne) Kützing 1849: 841
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Halopithys is Halopithys pinastroides Kützing.
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: 18 July 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
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 26 April 2024