Mychodea acanthymenia Kraft 1978
Publication Details
Mychodea acanthymenia Kraft 1978: 563, figs 21,22, 41C-F
Published in: Kraft, G.T. (1978). Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: 515-610, 46 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mychodea is Mychodea carnosa Hooker f. & Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Cape Lannes, Robe, S.A." [South Australia]; (Kraft 1978: 563) Holotype: G.T. Kraft 4403; 10 Mar. 1973; AD; A44728 (Kraft 1978: 563) Notes: Isotypes in AD and BISH1000164.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
From just above the extreme low-water mark on the vertical rock of strongly surf-beaten coasts down to 5 m depths on rock under overhangs; one specimen epiphytic on Laurencia elata (Kraft 1978: 563). Known mainly from uppermost sublittoral rock on rough-water coasts (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 466).
Created: 06 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
