Rhabdonia charoides Harvey 1862

Current name: Austroclonium charoides (Harvey) Min-Thein & Womersley
Publication Details
Rhabdonia charoides Harvey 1862: pl. CXCVI
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1862). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 4. pp. viii, Plates CLXXXI-CCXL. London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhabdonia is Rhabdonia coccinea (Harvey) Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Austroclonium charoides (Harvey) Min-Thein & Womersley.
Type Information
Type locality: Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 283) Lectotype: Harvey; TCD, Herb. Harvey; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 393E (Womersley 1994: 433) Notes: Womersley (1994: 433) notes that there are isolectotypes in MEL (45110) and AD (A18254).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 January 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 March 2025