Caulerpa geminata Harvey 1855
Current name:
Caulerpa geminata Harvey
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJohn Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Caulerpa geminata Harvey 1855: 564
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulerpa is Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 841) Lectotype (fide Coppejans et al., 1998: 131): W.H. Harvey 214; TCD; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: According to Womersley (1984: 268) the type was collected from Kent I., Bass Strait, by R. Brown and is located in BM.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 January 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024