Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux 1816

Current name: Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux
Scott Reef, Western Australia - 25 May 2011. John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux 1816: 263

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson.

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Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Galaxaura.

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

Basionym
Corallina rugosa J.Ellis & Solander

Type Information
Type locality: Jamaica; (Ellis & Solander 1786: 115) Notes: South & Skelton (2003: 720) mistakenly cite the Bahamas as the type locality

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wrinkled.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
According to Wang et al. (2005: 693), plants usually grew on rocky substrata from 0-10 m depths, although they were sometimes attached to the tubes o f polychaete worms.

Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 June 2021

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Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996), the name Galaxaura obtusata was misapplied to this species by Wynne (1995: 299). John et al. (2004) cite Actinotrichia lapidescens F. Schmitz and Galaxaura coarctata Kjellmann as synonyms of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
This species was introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 161) via the Suez Canal, being first reported from Syria prior to 1990. It is now widespread on the Levantine coast. - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
Widespread in warm seas; 3 m depth at Entedebir Island (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (28 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 June 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 March 2025