Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Lophocladia kipukaia
Rhodomelaceae
Lophocladia kipukaia Schlech , legitimate, scientific
Schlech, K. (1990), Eupogodon iridescens (Dasyaceae, Ceramiales) and Lophocladia kipukaia (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales) two new species of Rhodophyta from Hawaii. British Phycological Journal 25: 174-176, figs 7-12 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Holotype and etymology: Schlech 260 (BISH), only one collection of about 12 thalli, from a tidepool on a limestone, wave-cut bench at Kipukai, Kauai Island, Hawaii. The specific epithet commemorates the collecting locatio, which is also one of the earliest sites seen by European westerners.
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Bishop Museum: Schlech 260
Millar, A.J.K. (1999), Marine benthic algae of North East Herald Cay, Coral Sea, South Pacific. Hydrobiologia 398/399: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: Queensland (Herald Cay). World: Hawaii.