Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Scoresbyella profunda
Dictyotaceae
Scoresbyella profunda Womersley , legitimate, scientific
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: 257, pl. 2 fig. 2; figs 92B, 93 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Type from Egg I., Isles of St. Francis, S. Aust., 32-38 m deep (Shepherd, 11.i.1971; ADU, A38067, holotype and isotypes).
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Adelaide: A38067
De Clerck, O., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H., Lane, C.E., De Paula, J.C., Payo, D.A. & Coppejans, E. (2006), A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence analyses. Journal of Phycology 42 (1271): - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: De Clerck et al. 2006 illustrate decisively that this taxon is a sister clade to a tribe within the family Dictyotaceae but do not formally indicate that this taxon should be subsumed into the Dictyotaceae.
  • AMANI dist.: South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian).