Halimeda tuna f. platydisca (Decne.) E.S.Barton

  • Filed As

    Halimedaceae
    Halimeda tuna f. platydisca (Decne.) E.S.Barton

  • Collector(s)

    M. A. Howe s.n., 06 Dec 1907

  • Location

    Bahamas. Mariguana, Abraham Bay.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02349181

    Occurrence ID: eae75c1a-a018-4da3-9813-4276ca114783

  • Exsiccatae

    Phycotheca Boreali-Americana, a collection of dried specimens of the Algae of North America

    Exsiccatae Number: 1484 a

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Bahamas

  • Locality

    Mariguana, Abraham Bay

  • Coordinates

    22.3601, -73.0194

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    5491.57

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coord. on shore closest to geogr. center of Abraham Bay. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of bay to find linear extent (5480 m). Input info. into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncertainty radius.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Phycotheca Boreali=Americana. Collins, Holden, and Setchell.
1484. Halimeda Tuna (Ell. & Sol.) Lamour.
Lamouroux, Classif. Pol. Cor. Flex., p. 300, PI. XI, fig. 8, 1812.
DeToni, Syll. Alg., Yol. I, p. 518, 1889.
M. A. Howe, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Yol. XXXIY, p. 494-500,
PI. XXXIY, figs. 1-10, PI. XXYII, figs. 2-4, PI. XXYIII,
figs. 1-2, 1907.
Corallina Tuna, Ellis & Solander, Nat. Hist. Zoophytes, p. Ill,
PI. XX. E, 1786.
a.	Abraham Bay, Mariguana, Bahamas, Dec. 6, 1907.
New York Botanical Garden Expedition to the Bahamas,
collected by Marshall A. Howe.
b.	With sporangia. On and among corals and corallines,
near low water mark, in a reef harbor, Culebra Island, Porto
Rico, March 3, 1906.
New York Botanical Garden Expedition to Porto Rico, col-
lected by Marshall A. Howe.
The Bahama specimens are more stipitate and the segments
are more often obovate than is typical for this species. Notes on
certain peculiarities of the American representatives of H. Tuna
are found in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Yol. XXXIY, p. 500, 1907.
M. A. H.
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