Rhodymenia palmetta var. bifida (Hudson) Lily Netwon
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Rhodymeniales
Family Rhodymeniaceae
Genus Rhodymenia
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Publication details
Rhodymenia palmetta var. bifida (Hudson) Lily Netwon 1931: 434
Published in: Newton, L. (1931). A handbook of the British seaweeds. pp. [i]-xiii, 1-478, 270 figs. London: The Trustees of the British Museum, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W.7.
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
Fucus bifidus Hudson
Type information
England ? Lectotype: Hudson's original description: (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 138).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Taxonomic notes
Taxon inquirendum (Furnari, pers. comm.).
Based, as to name, on Fucus bifudus Hudson, which is Rhodophyllis divaricata, but Turner's and Newton's materials probably represent forms of a species of Rhodymenia. - (24 Jan 2015) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 24 January 2015 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020.
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