Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Halimeda magnidisca
Halimedaceae
Halimeda magnidisca J.M.Noble , legitimate, scientific
Noble, J. (1986), Halimeda magnidisca (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta), a new species from the Great barrier Reef, Australia. Phycologia 25: 332-337, figs 2,3,7-15 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Holotype: MELU, 22897 (Fig. 2). Type Locality: Wistari Reef, near Heron Island (23° 35's 151° 54'E), Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef Province, Queensland (Fig. 1). Collected with isotype (MELU, 22898) from 28 m depth at the north-east end of the reef by D. Fisk on 14 November, 1976. The area is a channel floor subject to strong tidal surge in which low coral mounds (bommies) are widely dispersed across a flat covered in coarse coral sand.
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of Melbourne: A22897
Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: New Caledonia.