The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
Type locality:Type.- Jamaica, Parish of St. Ann, Runaway Bay, from a depth of 30 meters, E. A. Graham and T. F. Goreau, 10 April 1964 (IJ; isotypes BM, NY, UWI, UM).
Type specimen:[Type category unknown]: Kingston, Jamaica: [Accession No. unknown]
misapplication:
HalimedacuneataHeringlegitimate
by Krauss, C.F.F.(1846), Pflanzen des Cap- und Natal-Landes, gesammmelt und zusammengestellt von Dr. Ferdinand Krauss (Schluss.).Flora29: 214
misapplied to:
HalimedahowensisG.T.Kraft & J.M.Noblelegitimate
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 Botany7: 435
misapplied to:
Halimedaminima(W.R.Taylor) Hillis-Col.legitimate
by Goreau, T.F. & Graham, E.A.(1967), A new species of Halimeda from Jamaica.Bulletin of Marine Science17: 433, figs 1-10
Comment:Lewis (1987) Dept of Def. Report MRL-R-1063:31 indicates that some records are H. opuntia var. hederacea. Some herbarium specimens determined as H. copiosa are H. minima.
AMANI dist.:Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Papua, Indonesia, Aldabra Is, Madagascar, Maldives, Seychelles, Philippines, New Caledonia.