Hildenbrandia expansa Womersley, nom. illeg. 1994
Current name:
Hildenbrandia patula H.B.S.Womersley
Williamstown, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia; on rock in shallow subtidal - 01 March 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Hildenbrandia expansa Womersley, nom. illeg. 1994: 145-147, figs 42D, 43D
Published in: 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.
Request PDFPublication date: "Published 14 January. 1994"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hildenbrandia is Hildenbrandia prototypus Nardo.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hildenbrandia patula H.B.S.Womersley.
Type Information
Type locality: Apollo Bay, Victoria; (Womersley 1994: 147) Type: Womersley; 6 February 1990; in low eulittoral and uppermost sublittoral pools, shaded, on the S side of Point Bunbury; AD; A60088 (Womersley 1994: 147)
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), expanded, spread out (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 08 June 2009
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 June 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 December 2024
