Epymenia membranacea Harvey 1859
Current name: Rhodymenia wilsonis (Sonder) G.W.Saunders
Publication Details
Epymenia membranacea Harvey 1859: pl. LXXXIX [89]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). 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. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epymenia is Epymenia obtusa (Greville) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodymenia wilsonis (Sonder) G.W.Saunders.
Type Information
Type locality: Georgetown, Tasmania; (Womersley 1996: 82) Type: Herb. Harvey, TCD; (Womersley 1996: 82)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), membranous (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 February 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 September 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
