Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Predaea tumescens
Nemastomataceae
Predaea tumescens G.W.Saunders & G.T.Kraft , legitimate, scientific
Saunders, G.W. & Kraft, G.T. (2002), Two new Australian species of Predaea (Nemastomaceae, Rhodophyta) with taxonomic recommendations for an emended Nematomales and expanded Halymeniales. Journal of Phycology 38: 1249, 1252-1253, figs 4, 5 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Holotype: MELU, GBR-16, 287 (Fig 4A) (Kraft, 18.i.1994). Type Locality: 13.5 m deep on the west side of Upolu Cay, Great barrier Reef, Queensland (16° 43' S. Lat.; 145° 56' E. Long.) (Fig. 1).
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of Melbourne: GBR-16, 287
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
  • AMANI dist.: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef).