Codium sursum Kraft & A.J.K.Millar 2000

Current name: Codium sursum Kraft & A.J.K.Millar
Heron Island, QueenslandJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Codium sursum Kraft & A.J.K.Millar 2000: 590, fig. 31 E

Published in: Kraft, G.T. (2000). Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 509-648.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Codium is Codium tomentosum Stackhouse.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Lord Howe I., NSW, Australia; (South & Skelton 2003: 709)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 June 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003) note that the Fijian records are more in accord with C. sursum Kraft & Millar than with C. extricatum P.C. Silva 1959, a South African species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025