Chondria ramentacea C.Agardh 1822
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Chondrieae
Genus Chondria
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Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale 1 mm. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.
Cape Peron, Western Australia. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).

Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh Cape Peron, Western Australia
© J.M. Huisman
Publication details
Chondria ramentacea C.Agardh 1822: (1822-1823): 354-355
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana. Download PDF
Publication date: probably Oct 1822
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Type information
[13702]Type locality: "Ad oras novae Hollandiae" (Silva & al. 1996: 304). Holotype: PC “No. 21” (Womersley 1994: 441). Notes: Womersley (1994: 441) notes that there is a fragment of the type in Herb. Agardh, LD (27514).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Key references
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIA - Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). pp. [1]-508, 167 figs, 4 pls, 4 maps. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 July 2009 by Wendy Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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