Halimedaceae
Halimeda magnidisca J.M.Noble
, legitimate, scientific
[Noble, J. (1986), Halimeda magnidisca (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta), a new species from the Great barrier Reef, Australia. Phycologia 25]:
332-337, figs 2,3,7-15
[tax. nov.]
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Type locality:
Holotype: MELU, 22897 (Fig. 2). Type Locality: Wistari Reef, near Heron Island (23° 35's 151° 54'E), Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef Province, Queensland (Fig. 1). Collected with isotype (MELU, 22898) from 28 m depth at the north-east end of the reef by D. Fisk on 14 November, 1976. The area is a channel floor subject to strong tidal surge in which low coral mounds (bommies) are widely dispersed across a flat covered in coarse coral sand.
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Type specimen:
HOLOTYPE: University of Melbourne: A22897
[Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae]:
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[secondary reference]
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ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
[ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011]:
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[secondary reference]
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AMANI dist.:
Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: New Caledonia.