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IOC entry for Shepleya wattsii

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Shepleya wattsii (Harvey) E. Gordon

Wrangelia wattsii Harvey, 1862: pl. CCXXXIII (type locality: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia).—J. Agardh, 1876: 620.— De Toni, 1897: 131.— Lucas, 1909: 23.— V. May, 1965: 366.

Shepleya wattsii (Harvey) E. Gordon, 1972: 71–76, figs. 22–24, 57.

Note: According to E. Gordon (1972: 71), this species does not occur west of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The reported occurrence in western Australia apparently originated in an error by J. Agardh.

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