Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Halimeda copiosa
Halimedaceae
Halimeda copiosa Goreau & E.A.Graham , legitimate, scientific
Goreau, T.F. & Graham, E.A. (1967), A new species of Halimeda from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 17: 433, figs 1-10 [tax. nov.]
  • 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]
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 Botany 7: 435 [secondary reference]
Huisman, J.M. (2000), Marine Plants of Australia: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Halimeda cuneata Hering legitimate by Krauss, C.F.F. (1846), Pflanzen des Cap- und Natal-Landes, gesammmelt und zusammengestellt von Dr. Ferdinand Krauss (Schluss.). Flora 29: 214
Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Halimeda opuntia f. hederacea E.S.Barton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Halimeda opuntia var. hederacea (E.S.Barton) Hillis-Col. legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 612-614, Fig 36 F-H [misapplied]
misapplied to: Halimeda howensis G.T.Kraft & J.M.Noble legitimate 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 Botany 7: 435
Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Halimeda minima (W.R.Taylor) Hillis-Col. legitimate by Goreau, T.F. & Graham, E.A. (1967), A new species of Halimeda from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 17: 433, figs 1-10
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • 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.