Ventricaria nutrix Kraft & A.J.K.Millar 2000

Publication Details
Ventricaria nutrix Kraft & A.J.K.Millar 2000: 581

Published in: Kraft, G.T. (2000). Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 509-648.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ventricaria is Ventricaria ventricosa (J.Agardh) J.L.Olsen & J.A.West.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Valonia nutrix (Kraft & A.J.K.Millar) Kraft.

Source of Synonymy
Kraft, G.T. (2007). Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green algae. pp. [i]-vi, 1-347, 110 text-figs; 11 pls. Canberra & Melbourne: Australian Biological Resources Study & CSIRO Publishing.

Type Information
Type locality: Signal Point, Lord Howe Island, Australia; (Kraft 2000: 580) Holotype: G.T. Kraft & C. O'Brien; 13 May 1977; from the back walls of shore-facing undercuts of calcarenite stacks at Far Rocks, 1-1.5 m depth; MELU; A38836 (fig 28A) (Kraft 2000: 580) Notes: Kraft (2007: 122) cites MELU LHI-9770 as the Holotype.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 June 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.

Last updated: 08 April 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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