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.
misapplied to:
DictyotapolycladaKütz.legitimate
by Harvey, W.H.(1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia.Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy22: 536
misapplied to:
DictyotaalternifidaJ.Agardhlegitimate
by May, V.(1981), Long-term variation in algal intertidal floras.Australian Journal of Ecology6: 341
Comment:The Harvey specimens from Western Australia labelled D. furcellata are Dictyota polyclada.
AMANI dist.:Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: Mauritius.