Porphyra lucasii Levring 1953

Publication Details
Porphyra lucasii Levring 1953: 469, 471, figs 6 H-L, 7

Published in: Levring, T. (1953). The marine algae of Australia. I. Rhodophyta: Goniotrichales, Bangiales and Nemalionales. Arkiv för Botanik, series 2 2(6): 457-530, 55 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 93) Lectotype: T. Levring; 21 July 1948 ; littoral basalt rocks; GB (Herb. Levring); (Sutherland et al. 2011: 1139) Notes: This type locality was first described by Womersley & Conway (1975: 63) (Silva et al., 1996) Index Nominum Algarum cites type locality as "Australia: Western Australia (Bunbury; Point Peron; Cottesloe Reef); South Australia (Kangaroo I., Pelican Lagoon)." Womersley (1994: 41) notes that there is an isotype located in AD (A42700).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Common in the mid eulittoral of calm to moderately rough waters (Womersley 1994: 41).

Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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