Halimedaceae
Halimeda gracilis Harv. ex J.Agardh , legitimate, scientific
Agardh, J.G. (1887), Till algernes systematik. VIII. Siphoneae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 23: 82 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Hab. in oceano ad Ceylonam (Harvey! et Ferguson!).
Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: See Silva et al 1996 Univ Calif Public Bot. 79:867 regarding the citation of the authority. Agardh cites Harv. Alg. Ceylon. n:o 72 directly following the binomial. Hillis- Colinvaux 1980 Adv. Mar Biol 17:146 indicates that original material is in BM & NY. Kraft 2007 p. 204 notes that the autonym is not found in the southern Great Barrier Reef.
  • AMANI dist.: Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: Papua, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, SE Asia, New Caledonia, Solomons.