Halimedaceae
Halimeda copiosa Goreau & E.A.Graham
, legitimate, scientific
[Goreau, T.F. & Graham, E.A. (1967), A new species of Halimeda from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 17]:
433, figs 1-10
[tax. nov.]
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Type locality:
Type.- Jamaica, Parish of St. Ann, Runaway Bay, from a depth of 30 meters, E. A. Graham and T. F. Goreau, 10 April 1964 (IJ; isotypes BM, NY, UWI, UM).
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Type specimen:
[Type category unknown]: Kingston, Jamaica: [Accession No. unknown]
[Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7]:
435
[secondary reference]
[Huisman, J.M. (2000), Marine Plants of Australia]:
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[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Halimeda cuneata Hering
legitimate
by [Krauss, C.F.F. (1846), Pflanzen des Cap- und Natal-Landes, gesammmelt und zusammengestellt von Dr. Ferdinand Krauss (Schluss.). Flora 29]: 214
[Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13]:
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[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Halimeda opuntia f. hederacea E.S.Barton
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Halimeda opuntia var. hederacea (E.S.Barton) Hillis-Col.
legitimate
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ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
[Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13]:
612-614, Fig 36 F-H
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Halimeda howensis G.T.Kraft & J.M.Noble
legitimate
by [Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7]: 435
[Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13]:
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[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Halimeda minima (W.R.Taylor) Hillis-Col.
legitimate
by [Goreau, T.F. & Graham, E.A. (1967), A new species of Halimeda from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 17]: 433, figs 1-10
[ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011]:
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[secondary reference]
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Lewis (1987) Dept of Def. Report MRL-R-1063:31 indicates that some records are H. opuntia var. hederacea. Some herbarium specimens determined as H. copiosa are H. minima.
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AMANI dist.:
Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Papua, Indonesia, Aldabra Is, Madagascar, Maldives, Seychelles, Philippines, New Caledonia.