Ceramiaceae

Antithamnion lherminieri Nasr

, nom. inval., nom. nud.

, scientific

Nasr, A.-H. (1941), Some new and little known algae from the Red Sea.

Revue Algologique

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66-69, figs 9-10

[primary reference]

Type locality: Locality: Ghardaqa (Mabahith Bay, Abu Sadaf and Crescent Reef).

Athanasiadis, A. (1996), Morphology and classification of the ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles.

Opera Botanica

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-

[secondary reference]

Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Herbier Cryptogamie, Paris: Maze & Schramm # 1259

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls.

Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef

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-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Antithamnion antillanum Børgesen

legitimate

ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011

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-

[secondary reference]

Comment: According to Athanasiadis p. 200 this binomial represents a superfluous name for A. antillarum, yet Athanasiadis also discusses the type. See Abbott 1979 Phycologia 18(3):217 for discussion of this taxon.