Rhabdonia hamata Zanardini 1874
Publication Details
Rhabdonia hamata Zanardini 1874: 500, no fig.
Published in: Zanardini, G. (1874). Phyceae australicae novae vel minus cognitae. Flora 57: 486-490, 497-505.
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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 Antrocentrum hamatum (Zanardini) Kraft & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Kraft, G.T. & Saunders, G.W. (2021). The Acrotylaceae (Gigartinales) revisited: molecular data indicate family-level differences in one of the most enigmatic red-algal families. Australian Systematic Botany 34(3): 305-326, 13 figs, 1 table.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. Port Philip - (Ferd. von Mueller.)" [Port Philip, Victoria, Australia]; (Zanardini 1874: 500) Syntype: MCVE; (Kraft & Saunders 2021: 325) Notes: "Original material of Rhabdonia hamata at MCVE (Fig. 13J) was annotated as the 'Isotype' by H. B. S. Womersley on 2 Feb. 1952, but this lectotypification has not been published. Material at MCVE [Type: Victoria. Port Phillip, in drift, s. dat., F. von Mueller s.n.] is here treated as a syntype pending location and examination of other original material that may be held in other herbaria." (Kraft & Saunders 2021: 325).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 February 2009 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025
