Lomentaria fruticulosa Reinbold 1899
Publication Details
Lomentaria fruticulosa Reinbold 1899: 46
Published in: Reinbold, T. (1899). Meeresalgen von Investigator Street (Süd-Australien), gesammelt von Miss Nellie Davey (Waltham, Honiton). Hedwigia 38(1): 39-51.
Publication date: 28 Feb 1899
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lomentaria is Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lomentaria australis (Kützing) Levring.
Type Information
Type locality: "Investigator Street, leg. Miss N. Davey No. 148 (in Cymadoce antarctica epiphytica)." [Sturt Bay, South Australia]; (Womersley 1996: 138) Type: A.E. Davey; (Womersley 1996: 138) Notes: An isotype specimen in AD (A1533) is epiphytic on Posidonia australis and appears to be a small plant of Lomentaria australis (Womersley 1996: 138).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), small and shrubby.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 March 2009 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 February 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024