Halymenia decipiens J.Agardh 1851
Publication details
Halymenia decipiens J.Agardh 1851: 200
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.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halymenia is Halymenia floresii (Clemente) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halymenia elongata var. decipiens (J.Agardh) Cremades
Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), deceiving (used of a species closely resembling another) (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
Cremades, J. & Pérez-Cirera, J.L. (1990). Nuevas combinaciones de algas bentónicas marinas, como resultado del estudio del herbario de Simón de Rojas Clemente y Rubio (1777-1827). Anal. Jard. bot. Madr. 47: 489-492, 1 fig.
Created: 18 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 August 2006 by M.D. Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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