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.
Comment:The combination of Lobophora variegata (Lamouroux) Womersley 1967 Australian Journal of Botany 15:221 is invalid since the basionym was not cited (see not cited (see Silva et al 1996 Univ Calif Public Bot. 79:600))
AMANI dist.:New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef, Peronian). World: Widely distributed in tropical and temperate waters, New Zealand, Indian Ocean.