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.
Type locality:Holotyus: legit D.L. Ballantine 2490 (Cystocarpic), deposited MICH. Collected 24.ii.1987, at 30 m, reef slope, off Ilet de Pigeon, Malendure, west side of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
Type specimen:HOLOTYPE: University of Michigan: Ballantine 2490
misapplication:
HypoglossumminimumYamadalegitimate
by Dawson, E.Y.(1957), An annotated list of marine algae from Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.Pacific Science11: 122
misapplication:
Hypoglossumtenuifolium(Harv.) J.Agardhlegitimate
by Wynne, M.J. & Ballantine, D.L.(1986), The genus Hypoglossum Kutzing (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) in the tropical western Atlantic, including H. anomalum sp. nov.Journal of Phycology22: fig. 22