Crouania vestita Harvey 1855
Current name: Ptilocladia vestita (Harvey) Wollaston
Publication Details
Crouania vestita Harvey 1855: 558
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crouania is Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilocladia vestita (Harvey) Wollaston.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 423) Lectotype: Harvey; On "Zostera" (Posidonia; Herb. Harvey, TCD; Trav. Set 338 (Womersley 1998: 61) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Wollaston (1968: 263).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 December 2008
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 December 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2024