Protokuetzingia australasica (Montagne) Falkenberg 1897

Publication Details
Protokuetzingia australasica (Montagne) Falkenberg 1897: 469

Published in: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Protokuetzingia.

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

Basionym
Rhodomela australasica Montagne

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad radices caulesque Ruppice antarcticae: in littoribus Van Diemen à Labillardière lectae in herbario suo nunc Webbiano servate..." [Storm Bay, Tasmania]; (Montagne 1840: 154) Holotype: Labillardiere; PC; Herb. Montagne (Womersley 2003: 376) Notes: This type locality of Storm Bay, Tasmania was first recorded by Ducker (1979: 20).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Pertaining to Australasia.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Common in shallow water on calm to rough-water coasts (Womersley 2003:379).

Created: 13 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025

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