Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Laurencia decumbens
Rhodomelaceae
Laurencia decumbens Kütz. , legitimate, scientific
Kuetzing, F.T. (1863), Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zur drei und siebenzig neuen Algenspecies. Hedwigia 2: 18 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Neu Caledonia.
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Laurencia pygmaea Weber Bosse legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Type statement taken from reissue of Kuetzing 1863 issued in Hedwigia Bd 2 Nr 12/13.
  • AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island. World: Aldabra Is, Diego Garcia, Indonesia, Mauritius, Renion, Seychelles, Tanzania.