Champia affinis var. arcuata (Hooker f. & Harvey) Womersley, nom. inval. 1966
Publication Details
Champia affinis var. arcuata (Hooker f. & Harvey) Womersley, nom. inval. 1966: 150
Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1996). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIB - Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. pp. [1]-392, 160 figs. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study with assistance from the State Herbarium of South Australia.
Request PDFPublication date: "Published 28 June, 1996"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Champia is Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Champia zostericola (Harvey) Reedman & Womersley.
Basionym
Chylocladia affinis var. arcuata Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: "George Town Gunn." [Tasmania]; (Hooker & Harvey 1847: 402) Lectotype: On stems of Heterozostera (?); BM; 000619421 (Reedman & Womersley 1976: 87) Notes: Reedman & Womersley (1976: 87) note that the general confusion between C. affinis and C. zostericola (or C. affinis var. arcuata) is probably largely due to Harvey in his Alg. Aust. Exsicc. listing 253H from Western Port. Vic. as C. affinis, whereas these specimens are typical C. zostericola.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), neighbouring, allied to, akin to (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 March 2009 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
