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Fig. 33. H. copiosa, from approximately —37 m to —50 m on rock. Specimen from 

 Jamaica, Maria Buena, 5 V 62, Goreau and Graham. Scale bar is 2 cm. (Photo- 

 graph by The Ohio State University Department of Photography.) 



distance, or completely separate ; nodal filaments sometimes adhering slightly 

 to somewhat firmly but usually not much entangled. 



Type specimen. Jamaica, Parish of St Ann, Runaway Bay, from 

 -30 m, Graham and Goreau, 10 April, 1964 (IJ; isotypes BM, NY, 

 UWI, UM). 



One special form has been described. 



f. elongata (Barton) L. H. Colinvaux 



Halimeda cuneata v. elongata Barton (1900), p. 480, Plate 18. 

 Halimeda copiosa f. elongata (Barton) L. H. Colinvaux (1969a), p. 88. 

 Halimeda opuntia f. elongata (Barton) Barton (1901), p. 21, Plate 2. 

 Halimeda hederacea f. elongata (Barton) L. H. Colinvaux (1968a), p. 32, 

 Fig. 2. 



Segments predominantly longer than broad, although the two dimensions 

 may be equal; in shape elliptical, rhombic and obtrullate, to 12 mm long, 

 10-5 mm broad. 



