Claviclonium ovatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Kraft & Min-Thein 1983

Claviclonium ovatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Kraft & Min-Thein

Current name: Claviclonium ovatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Kraft & Min-Thein
Carnac Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Claviclonium ovatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Kraft & Min-Thein 1983: 171, figs 1-15

Published in: Kraft, G.T. & Min-Thein, U. (1983). Claviclonium and Antrocentrum, two new genera of Acrotylaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from southern Australia. Phycologia 22: 171-183, 35 figs.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Claviclonium.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Gigartina ovata J.V.Lamouroux

Type Information
Type locality: 'Nouv. Holl.'; (Kraft & Min-Thein 1983: 172) Holotype: Herb. Lamouroux, CN; (Kraft & Min-Thein 1983: 172) Notes: Herb. Lamouroux, PC (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 376).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ovate (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Plants grow subtidally and have been collected from between 5 and 20 m depths, generally on limestone. Found growing abundantly on isolated limestone debris in sand/seagrass flats at 8-10m depths (Kraft & Min-Thein 1983: 172).

Created: 16 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 June 2021

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