Ballia mariana Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Ballia mariana Harvey 1855: 335
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Short characters of some new genera and species of algae discovered on the coast of the colony of Victoria, Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2 15: 332-336, Plate VIII.C.
Request PDFPublication date: May 1855
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ballia is Ballia brunonia Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Inkyuleea mariana (Harvey) H.-G.Choi, Kraft & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Choi, H.-G., Kraft, G.T. & Saunders, G.W. (2000). Nuclear small-subunit rDNA sequences from Ballia spp. (Rhodophyta): proposal of the Balliales ord. nov., Balliaceae fam. nov., Ballia nana sp. nov. and Inkyuleea gen. nov. (Ceramiales). Phycologia 39: 272-287.
Type Information
Type locality: Port Fairy, Victoria; (Womersley 1998: 153) Lectotype: Harvey; Herb Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 1998: 153)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 December 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 October 2011
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Taxonomic note
According to Womersley (1998) this is a currently accepted name. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 January 2025
