Cyrtymenia F.Schmitz, 1896

Holotype species: Cyrtymenia hieroglyphica (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz

Publication details: F.Schmitz, 1896: 16

Currently accepted name for the type species: Grateloupia belangeri (Bory) De Clerck, Gavio, Fredericq, Cocquyt & Coppejans

Original publication and holotype designation: Schmitz, F. (1896). Kleinere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Florideen. VI. Nuova Notarisia 7: 1-22.

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The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-07-27 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Grateloupia.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Nomenclatural note
No species were originally included by Schmitz (1896: 16) but were added by Schmitz (1897: 511). Es erscheint mir daher am zweckmassigsten, diese Grateloupia hieroglyphica aus der Gattung Grateloupia herauszunehmen und mit Irid[ea] cornea zu einer neuen Gattung Cyrtymenia zu vereinigen, einer Gattung, die zwischen Grateloupia und Aeodes in der Mitte steht. Diese Gattung Cyrtymenia kennzeichnet sich vor allem durch die flachrunzelige Ausbildung der fertilcn Abschnitle der Sporangien. Es sind Exemplare bei denen die Sporangien nur in der Aussenrinde dieser Runzeln entwickelt werden ; in der Ausbildung der Cystocarpien aber schliesst sie sich den Gattungen Aeodes und Grateloupia aufs engste an. [It therefore seems most appropriate to me, this Grateloupia hieroglyphica was removed from the genus Grateloupia and combined with Irid[ea] cornea to form a new genus Cyrtymenia, a genus that stands between Grateloupia and Aeodes. This genus Cyrtymenia is characterized above all by the flat wrinkled formation of the fertile portions of the sporangia. There are specimens in which the sporangia are only developed in the outer cortex of these wrinkles; in the formation of the cystocarps, however, it is closely associated with the genera Aeodes and Grateloupia.] - (27 July 2021) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025