Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Platysiphonia marginalis
Sarcomeniaceae
Platysiphonia marginalis M.J.Wynne, A.Millar & G.T.Kraft , legitimate, scientific
Wynne, M.J., Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1984), Platysiphonia marginalis sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae), a new red alga from eastern Australia. Phycologia 23: 273; figs 1-9, 11-19 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Holotypus: MELU, K10,470 (Fig. 2), the holotype (a spermatangial plant) collected with tetrasporic and cystocarpic isotypes (Figs 3, 4) at 10-15 m depths growing on Dictyota divaricata Lamouroux, Codium extricatum Silva, Amansia sp. and limestone substrata by G. Kraft and A. Millar on 31 January 1982. Type locality: South Passage, Lord Howe Island, NSW (Fig. 1).
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of Melbourne: K10,470
Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1993), Catalogue of marine and freshwater red algae (Rhodophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 6: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Houtman Abrolhos), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef), Norfolk Island.