Halymenia chiangiana I.A.Abbott & Kraft 1997
Publication Details
Halymenia chiangiana I.A.Abbott & Kraft 1997: 108, 109, figs 17-27
Published in: Kraft, G.T. & Abbott, I.A. (1997). Platoma ardreanum (Schizymeniaceae, Gigartinales) and Halymenia chiangiana (Halymeniaceae, Halymeniales), two new species of proliferous, foliose red algae from the Hawaiian Islands. Cryptogamie Algologie 18: 97-116.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halymenia is Halymenia floresii (Clemente) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Kanaha Beach Park, Kahului, Maui I., Hawaiian Islands; (Kraft & Abbott 1997: 109) Holotype (cystocarpic): drift (epitype) I.A. Abbott & L.M. Hodgson; 23 November 1995; BISH; 646030, IA 22675 (Kraft & Abbott 1997: 109, fig. 17)
Eponomy
Named for Young-Meng Chiang, Chinese phycologist.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 July 2015
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Distributional note
Hawaiian endemic (Abbott, 1999). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Drift; also in situ collection from reef flat at 5 m depth (Kraft & Abbott, 1997). - (31 July 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 July 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025
