Cruoria australis Harvey 1855
Current name:
Rhodopeltis australis (Harvey) Harvey
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Cruoria australis Harvey 1855: 551
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.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Cruoria is Cruoria pellita (Lyngbye) Fries.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodopeltis australis (Harvey) Harvey.
Type Information
Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Womersley 1994: 166) Type: Harvey; TCD; (Womersley 1994: 166)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 March 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 June 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 June 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 October 2023
