Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog 1970
Current name:
Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog
Kangaroo Island, South Australia; flowers - 20 October 2009. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog 1970: 139, figs 42, 43
Published in: Hartog, C. den (1970). The sea-grasses of the world. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Natuurkunde. Tweede reeks 59(1): 1-275, 63 figs, 31 pls.
Request PDFPublication date: 1970
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Posidonia is Posidonia caulinii K.D.Koenig.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Esperance Bay, Western Australia; (Hartog 1970: 141) Type: J. Firman; Dec. 1951; AD; 96404336 (Robertson 1984: 85)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 April 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024
