Griffithsia monilis Harvey 1855
Current name:
Griffithsia monilis Harvey
Padangbai, Bali 23m, reef slope - Substrate: mixed carbonate and volcanoclastic sands - 20 January 2012. Russell Kelley (www.byoguides.com)
Publication Details
Griffithsia monilis Harvey 1855: 559
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 Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Garden and Rottnest Islands, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 412) Lectotype: Harvey; Herb. Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 1998: 334) Notes: Womersley (1998: 334) notes that there is also an isotype located in MEL, 684, epiphytic on “Zostera “ (Posidonia) and he refers to Baldock (1976: 517) for data on the lectotype: from "Swan River" (Harvey Aust. Exsicc. 495A).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 September 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 September 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024