Lomentaria pyramidalis Kraft & Womersley 1996

Publication Details
Lomentaria pyramidalis Kraft & Womersley 1996: 138-140, fig. 58

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.

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Publication date: "Published 28 June, 1996"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lomentaria is Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Port MacDonnell, South Australia, Australia; (Womersley 1996: 140) Holotype: Womersley; 19 August 1953; AD; A18983 (Womersley 1996: 140) Notes: Womersley (1996: 140) notes that there are also isotypes located in AD, A18983.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pyramid-shaped (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Most commonly epiphytic on Posidonia; also on Amphibolis (Womersley 1996: 140; 142).

Created: 10 May 2001 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 March 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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