Hemineura crispata Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Hemineura crispata Harvey 1855: 549
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Hemineura is Hemineura frondosa (Hooker f. & Harvey) Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hemineura frondosa (Hooker f. & Harvey) Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. [1]-533, 226 figs, 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Womersley 2003: 35) Lectotype: Harvey Travelling Set 312; TCD; (Womersley 2003: 35) Notes: Womersley (in Lin, Hommersand & Kraft, 2001: 139) selected a specimen in Harvey’s Travelling Set No. 312 as the lectotype.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), crisped, curled, or closely (finely) waved.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 January 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025
