Halymenia ramentacea (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Halymeniales
Family Halymeniaceae
Genus Halymenia
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at low water with Dulse in background. Digby
Neck Nova Scotia.. 02 Jun 2012. David J. Garbary. © David J. Garbary.

Devaleraea ramentacea (Linnaeus) Guiry at low water with Dulse in background. Digby
Neck Nova Scotia.
© David J. Garbary
Publication details
Halymenia ramentacea (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817: 37
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana. Download PDF
Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)
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 Devaleraea ramentacea (Linnaeus) Guiry
Basionym
Fucus ramentaceus Linnaeus
Type information
Type locality: [No locality given in the original publication.] (Linnaeus 1767: 718). Lectotype: LINN 1274.82 (Spencer, Irvine & Jarvis 2009: 250). Notes: Lectotype chosen by L.M. Irvine is the top left specimen.Type is shown at http://linnean-online.org/13612/ where it indicated that it is probable that the specimen was collected by J.D. Koenig.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Guiry, M.D. (1982). Devaleraea, a new genus of the Palmariaceae (Rhodophyta) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 62: 1-13.
Created: 20 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi
Verified by: 01 February 2017 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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