Ballia pennoides Wollaston 1968
Publication Details
Ballia pennoides Wollaston 1968: 312, figs 21J-M, pl. 6
Published in: Wollaston, E.M. (1968). Morphology and taxonomy of southern Australian genera of Crouanieae Schmitz (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 16: 217-417, 42 figs, 10 pls, 1 table.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ballia is Ballia brunonia Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Robe, South Australia, Australia; (Womersley 1998: 151) Holotype: Wollaston; 14 Nov. 1955; AD; A19999 (Womersley 1998: 151) Notes: Womersley (1998: 151) notes that the type specimen was collected from drift and that there are also isotypes located in AD, A19999.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 October 2011
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Distributional note
According to Womersley (1998) this species is probably distributed around Tasmania. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025
