Mychodea australis (Zanardini) Kraft 1978
Publication Details
Mychodea australis (Zanardini) Kraft 1978: 566, figs 23 A-I, 24 A-D, 42 A-E, 43 A-D
Published in: Kraft, G.T. (1978). Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: 515-610, 46 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mychodea is Mychodea carnosa Hooker f. & Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Neurophyllis australis Zanardini
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. Port Philip – (Ferd. von Mueller.)." [Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia]; (Zanardini 1874: 468) Holotype: Ferd. von Mueller; MCVE; 786 (Kraft & Saunders 2017: 248)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Not a common species but has been collected in widespread localities from rock, tunicates, jetty piles and as an epiphyte on Cystophora spp., Caulerpa simpliuscula stolons and Amphibolis antarctica; recorded from just below the lowest tide levels down to depths of 60 m (Kraft 1978: 567).
Created: 09 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
