Sarcomenia hypneoides Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Sarcomenia hypneoides Harvey 1855: 537, no fig.

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sarcomenia is Sarcomenia delesserioides Sonder.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Platysiphonia hypneoides (Harvey) Womersley & Shepley.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. & Shepley, E.A. (1959). Studies on the Sarcomenia group of the Rhodophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 7: 168-223, 110 figs, 5 plates.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Garden Island and Fremantle...(276)" [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 537) Lectotype (Fremantle, designated by Parnell & al. 2010: 141): TCD; AAE 142A (Parnell & al. 2010: 141) Notes: Travelling set No. 276 not located (Parnell & al. 2010: 141).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 March 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025

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