Schizymenia mertensiana (Postels & Ruprecht) J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Schizymenia mertensiana (Postels & Ruprecht) J.Agardh 1851: 174
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Schizymenia is Schizymenia dubyi (Chauvin ex Duby) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Turnerella mertensiana (Postels & Ruprecht) F.Schmitz.
Source of Synonymy
Rosenvinge, L.K. (1893). Grønlands Havalger. Meddelelser om Grønland 3: 763-981, 57 figs, 2 pls.
Basionym
Iridaea mertensiana Postels & Ruprecht
Type Information
Type locality: In sinu Awatscha frequens; (Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 18) Type: LE; (Yoshida 1998: 807)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 May 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 December 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025
