Halymenia usnea (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville 1830
Current name:
Hymenocladia usnea (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh
Seabird, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Halymenia usnea (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville 1830: lxii
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halymenia is Halymenia floresii (Clemente) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hymenocladia usnea (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.
Basionym
Fucus usnea R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, on the Coast of New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Kent Islands, Tasmania]; (Turner 1811-1819: 70) Holotype: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1996: 109)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 November 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 March 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 March 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024