Platyclinia crenulata Womersley 2003
Publication Details
Platyclinia crenulata Womersley 2003: 102, figs 45D-F, 46
Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. [1]-533, 226 figs, 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
Request PDFPublication date: "24 February, 2003"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Platyclinia is Platyclinia stipitata J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Robe , South Australia; (Womersley 2003: 105) Holotype: Wollaston; 13 March 1955; AD; A19922 (Womersley 2003: 105) Notes: Womersley (2003: 105) notes that the type was collected from drift.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crenulate, having small rounded teeth (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 August 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 March 2014
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Taxonomic notes
The description of Nitophyllum pulchellum Harvey is based on Harvey’'s type specimens from King George Sound, W. Aust. and on AD, A68279, which is probably N. pulchellum. The species is otherwise little known, but in form is similar to Haraldiophyllum nottii from SE Australia, which differs in having entire, straight, margins in contrast to the strongly crispate margins on N. pulchellum. Further collections and study of N. pulchellum are clearly desirable to place it generically. Millar (1990, p. 422) referred N. pulchellum to Myriogrammme, on the basis of a cystocarpic specimen of Wilson in MEL (676687) from Port Phillip Heads, Vic., 10. i. 1894. This specimen, however, has crenulate apices and margins and carposporophytes typical of Platyclinia; while slightly different in habit, it is now placed under Platyclinia crenulata Womersley (Womersley, 2003: 125). - (22 January 2009) - G.M. Guiry
According to Womersley (2003: 102), Myriogramme pulchella (Harvey) Millar 1990: 422, in part (see note above) is a synonym of P. crenulata. - (22 January 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025
