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.
misapplication:
Petaloniazosterifolia(Reinke) Kuntzelegitimate
by Womersley, H.B.S.(1967), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta.Australian Journal of Botany15: 245
AMANI dist.:New South Wales (Peronian), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef, Peronian). World: Widespread in temperate and colder waters.