Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Heterostroma nereidiis
Rhodomelaceae
Heterostroma nereidiis G.T.Kraft & M.J.Wynne , legitimate, scientific
Kraft, G.T. & Wynne, M.J. (1992), Heterostroma nereidiis gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodophyta), a dorsiventral rhodomelaceous marine alga from Western Australia. Phycologia 31: 18-27, figs 2-36 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Holotype: MELU-K17001 (Fig. 2), from Yanchep (31°32'S; 115°33'E), Western Australia (Fig. 1), drift on the stalks of Amphibolis antarctica (Labillardiere) Sonder et Ascherson ex Asherson, some thalli attaching to the blades of Craspedocarpus venosus (Kuetzing) Min-Thein et Womersley, also epiphytic on the host (Gerald, Lesleigh and Jessica Kraft, 20.ix.1990, MELU), with isotypes (MELU 17002-14004) in MELU and MICH; female/cystocarpic, one wet-preserved and four dried specimens.
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of Melbourne: K17001
Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos).