Heterostroma nereidiis Kraft & M.J.Wynne 1992
Publication Details
Heterostroma nereidiis Kraft & M.J.Wynne 1992: 18-27, figs 2-36
Published in: Kraft, G.T. & Wynne, M.J. (1992). Heterostroma nereidiis gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodophyta), a dorsiventral rhodomelaceous marine alga from Western Australia. Phycologia 31: 16-36, 36 figs.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Heterostroma.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Yanchep, Western Australia (31o32’S; 115o33’E); (Kraft & Wynne 1992: 18) Holotype: Gerald, Lesleigh and Jessica Kraft; 20 September 1990; drift, on the stalks of Amphibolis antarctica (Labillardière) Sonder & Ascherson. Some thalli attaching to the blades of Craspedocarpus venosus (Kützing) Min-Thein & Womersley. Also epiphytic on the host; MELU; K17001 (Kraft & Wynne 1992: 18) Notes: Holotype is shown in Fig. 2 of original publication. Isotypes K17002-17004 (Womersley, 2003: 343).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Plants grow as epiphytes on seagrass stems and other algae, as well as directly on solid, calcareous substrata; in situ collections from 20-24 m depths, growing on encrusting coralline red algae surrounding the base of Webervanbossea splachnoides (Harvey) J. De Toni and epiphytic on Myriodesma quercifolium (Bory) J. Agardh (Kraft & Wynne 1992: 20).
Created: 02 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 April 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 April 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025
