Amphiroa gallioides (Lamarck) Blainville 1830

Publication Details
Amphiroa gallioides (Lamarck) Blainville 1830: 515

Published in: Blainville, H.M.D. (1830). Zoophytes, Zoophyta. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 60: 1-546, 1 table.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metagoniolithon gallioides (Lamarck) Ducker.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. & Johansen, H.W. (1996). Subfamily Metagoniolithoideae Johansen 1969. In: The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Rhodophyta. Part IIIB, Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 317-323. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

Basionym
Corallina gallioides Lamarck

Type Information
Type locality: "Habite. les mers Australes ou de la Nouvelle-Hollande. Péron et Lesueur."; (Lamarck 1815: 240) Type: PC?;

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 April 2014

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Taxonomic note
Womersley & Johansen in Womersly (1996: 321) cite ? Amphiroa gallioides (Lamarck) Blainville as a synonym of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker. - (11 May 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2025

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