Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Acanthophora spicifera
Rhodomelaceae
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen , legitimate, scientific
Boergesen, F.C.E. (1910), Some new or little known West Indian Florideae, II. Botanisk Tidsskrift 30: 201 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Fucus spiciferus Vahl legitimate
Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Fucus spiciferus Vahl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acanthophora thierryi J.V.Lamour. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acanthophora orientalis J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acanthophora antillarum Mont. ex Kütz. legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef, Peronian). World: Papua New Guinea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean.