Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Asteromphalus heptactis
Asterolampraceae
Asteromphalus heptactis (Bréb.) Ralfs , legitimate, scientific
Pritchard, A. (1861), History of the Infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and Foreign: 838, pl. 8, fig. 21 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Spatangidium heptactis Bréb. legitimate
Hallegraeff, G.M. & Jeffrey, S.W. (1984), Tropical phytoplankton species and pigments of continental shelf waters of north and north-west Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 20: 59–74 [secondary reference]
Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. in Scott, F.J. & Marchant, H.J. (ed.) (2005), Diatoms. Antarctic Marine Protists: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: Australian Antarctic Territory, Southern Ocean, Temperate waters
  • Habit: Planktonic
  • Nutrition: Autotrophic
Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Planktonic diatoms. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 16 [secondary reference]
McCarthy, P. (2012), Census of Australian Marine Diatoms: - AAL [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Spatangidium heptactis Bréb. legitimate
  • Distribution: N & NW Australia, Tas.
  • Ex.distribution: Peru, U.S.A. (Washington), British Isles, Southern Ocean, Antarctica, E Pacific Ocean (Galapagos Islands to the Bering Sea)