Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Rhodymeniales
Family Rhodymeniaceae
Genus Rhodymenia

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Publication details
Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville 1830: xlviii, 88

Original publication: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva

Basionym
Membranifolia palmetta Stackhouse

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville)
Ireland: Antrim (Blackler & McMillan 1953), Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978), Britain (Newton 1931), Ireland (Cotton 1912), Italy (Giaccone 1969), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971).

Atlantic Islands: Madeira (Levring 1974).

South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930 , Joly 1957), Galápagos Islands (Taylor 1945).

Africa: Morocco (Dangeard 1949).

Nomenclatural notes
Taylor (1945) cites this species as Rhodymenia Palmetta (Esper) Greville.

Key references
Funk, G. (1955). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresalgen von Neapel: Zugleich mikrophotographischer Atlas. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 25(Suppl.): i-x , 1- 178, 36 figs.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Rhodymenia&species=palmetta

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Rhodymenia&Species=palmetta

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 25 July 2011 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1133 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Holmes, E.M. (1883). Rhodymenia palmetta, var nicaeensis. J. Bot. 21: 289-290.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=14200

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:100268