Caulerpaceae
Caulerpa diligulata G.T.Kraft & A.Millar , legitimate, scientific
Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 598-599, Fig 33A-D [tax. nov.]
misapplication: Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia (Harv.) Cribb 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: 436
  • Type locality: Holotype: MELU A39033 (Fig. 33D).
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of Melbourne: A39033
Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: From the protologue the following information is available regarding the type specimen & type locality: Far Rocks, plants in a low algal turf on the roof of a deep undercut in a calcarenite stack 0.5-1.5 m depth (....); (Kraft and O'Brien, 28 ix.1976. MELU A39033-38 [=LHI-9876a]).
  • AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island).