Caulerpa sedoides var. geminata (Harvey) Harvey 1859

Caulerpa geminata Harvey

Current name: Caulerpa geminata Harvey
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJohn Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Caulerpa sedoides var. geminata (Harvey) Harvey 1859: pl. LXXII: figs. 3, 4

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulerpa is Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caulerpa geminata Harvey.

Basionym
Caulerpa geminata Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 841) Lectotype (fide Coppejans et al., 1998: 131): W.H. Harvey 214; TCD; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: According to Womersley (1984: 268) the type was collected from Kent I., Bass Strait, by R. Brown and is located in BM.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 January 2020

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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