Nitophyllum pristoideum Harvey 1862

Publication Details
Nitophyllum pristoideum Harvey 1862: pl. CCXXIX

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1862). 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. 4. pp. viii, Plates CLXXXI-CCXL. London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitospinosa pristoidea (Harvey) Womersley.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. [1]-533, 226 figs, 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.

Type Information
Type locality: Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia; (Womersley 2003: 87) Lectotype: W.H. Harvey; TCD; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 292D (Womersley 2003: 87) Notes: Type locality: South Australia (Kylin 1924: 61). Lectotype from Port Fairy, Victoria (Womersley, 2003: 87).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 June 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 April 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025

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