Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Blastophysa rhizopus
Ulvophyceae familia incertae sedis
Blastophysa rhizopus Reinke , legitimate, scientific
Reinke, J. (1888), Einige neue braune und grune Algen der Kieler Bucht. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 6: 241 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: No type statement is found in Reinke 1889.
Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Blastophysa arrhiza Wille legitimate taxonomic synonym: Blastophysa polymorpha Kjellm. legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Kraft 2000 p. 586 cites the type locality as Kiel Bay (Germany).
  • AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Hawaii, Japan, Caribbean, Western north Atlantic, northern Europe, Britain, Mediterranean.