Laurencia majuscula var. elegans (A.H.S.Lucas) Saito & Womersley 1974
Current name:
Laurencia elegans A.H.S.Lucas
Cassini Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Laurencia majuscula var. elegans (A.H.S.Lucas) Saito & Womersley 1974: 821, footnote
Published in: Saito, Y. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1974). The southern Australian species of Laurencia (Ceramiales: Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 22: 815-874, 27 figs.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laurencia elegans A.H.S.Lucas.
Basionym
Laurencia elegans A.H.S.Lucas
Type Information
Type locality: Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia; (Lucas 1935: 222) Holotype: A.H.S.Lucas & F.Perrin; June 1933; floating in drift, tangled with other algae; NSW; 290587 (Metti 2017: 132)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 August 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024