Amphiroa wardii Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Amphiroa wardii Harvey 1849: 99, pl. 38 (top right group of figures)

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Publication date: "before November 1849"

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Arthrocardia wardii (Harvey) Areschoug.

Type Information
Type locality: Port Phillip, Victoria; (Womersley & Johansen 1996: 295) Holotype: Mallard; TCD; (Womersley & Johansen 1996: 295)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 April 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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