Chondria bulbosa Harvey 1859

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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Publication details
Chondria bulbosa Harvey 1859: 297

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds) Vol. II, pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), bulbous.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chondriopsis bulbosa (Harvey) J.Agardh 1890

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhododactylis bulbosa (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876
Chondria suprabulbosa Gordon-Mills & Womersley 1987

General environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
A deep-water species (Womersley 2003: 429).

Type information
Lectotype locality: east coast of Tasmania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 480). Lectotype: Gunn; TCD, Herb Harvey (right hand part of specimen) (Womersley 2003: 429). Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Gordon-Mills & Womersley (1987: 526).

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Key references
Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. [1]-533, 226 figs, 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.

Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 19 August 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 October 2020.