Algae
Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)
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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.
Corallinaceae
Lithophyllum pygmaeum ( Heydr.) Heydr.
, legitimate , scientific
Heydrich, F. (1897) , Melobesieae. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 15 :
412
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Lithothamnion pygmaeum Heydr.
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 :
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Lithothamnion pygmaeum Heydr.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Lithophyllum moluccense f. pygmaeum ( Heydr.) Foslie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithothamnion tamiense Heydr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum moluccense f. flabelliforme Foslie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum torquescens Foslie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum moluccense ( Foslie) Foslie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum moluccense f. torquescens ( Foslie) Foslie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Lithophyllum tamiense ( Heydr.) Verheij
legitimate
ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011) , Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011 :
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[secondary reference]
AMANI dist.:
Western Australia (Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Comoro Is, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles.