Laurencia tumida Saito & Womersley 1974
Current name:
Palisada tumida (Saito & Womersley) K.W.Nam
Pt Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia; intertidal - 24 October 2017. John M. Huisman
Publication Details
Laurencia tumida Saito & Womersley 1974: 846, figs 5 E, F, 26, 27
Published in: Saito, Y. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1974). The southern Australian species of Laurencia (Ceramiales: Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 22: 815-874, 27 figs.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Palisada tumida (Saito & Womersley) K.W.Nam.
Type Information
Type locality: Robe, South Australia; (Womersley 2003: 486) Holotype: H.B.S. Womersley; 9 October 1972; low eulittoral on slipway reef; AD; A42777 (Womersley 2003: 486) Notes: Holotype and isotypes in AD, A42777-”Marine Algae of southern Australia” No. 139a, as Laurencia (Womersley, 2003: 486).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), swollen (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 October 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024