Schizymenia bullosa Harvey 1863
Current name:
Halymenia bullosa (Harvey) Huisman, Rodríguez-Prieto & Showe M.Lin
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Schizymenia bullosa Harvey 1863: xlvii, pl. CCLXXVII [277]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Schizymenia is Schizymenia dubyi (Chauvin ex Duby) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halymenia bullosa (Harvey) Huisman, Rodríguez-Prieto & Showe M.Lin.
Type Information
Type locality: Australia: Western Australia: Fremantle; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Harvey; G. Clifton; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Fremantle, Australia, sampled in May 1858 by George Clifton; Lectotype (TCD0011815, designated in Rodríguez-Prieto et al., 2022: [5], fig. 2), a non-reproductive plant; Isolectotype: BM000640393
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), blubous (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 May 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 27 May 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024