Licmophoraceae
Licmophora ballerina Lobban & S.Blanco , legitimate, scientific
Lobban, C.S. & Santos, E.M. (2022), Licmophora species (Bacillariophyta: Licmophorales) from Heron Island (Great Barrier Reef) and Melbourne, Australia, in comparison with similar species from Guam: evidence for endemicity in a marine diatom genus. Australian Systematic Botany 35 (6): 440, Figs. 2, 3, 17–35 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Specimen at 17.4 mm E and 8.2 mm S2 of the mark on slide 2664, deposited at Queensland Museum, accession number QM G339769. (Fig. 4.)
  • Type locality: Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, surface part of buoy line at ‘Harry’s Bommie’, dive site, 23°27′33″S, 151°55′42″E, sample GBR2-1. 6 Oct. 2018. C.S. Lobban and M. Schefter.
ABRS (2023), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2023 (Australian algal updates): - AAL [secondary reference]
  • Distribution: Queensland
  • Ex.distribution: Guam, Spain