Rhodymenia corallina (Bory) Greville 1830

Current name:
Rhodymenia corallina (Bory) Greville
Chala, Arequipa, Peru - 05 December 2021. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Publication Details
Rhodymenia corallina (Bory) Greville 1830: xlviii (as 'Rhodomenia')
Published in: 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]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Publication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia is Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus corallina Bory
Type Information
Type locality: Concepción, Chile; (Silva & al. 1996: 369) Lectotype: PC; (Womersley 1996: 86)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 April 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025