Kylinia robusta (Børgesen) Desikachary, M.Balakrishnan & V.Krishnamurthy 1990

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Acrochaetiales
Family Acrochaetiaceae
Genus Kylinia

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Publication details
Kylinia robusta (Børgesen) Desikachary, M.Balakrishnan & V.Krishnamurthy 1990: 69, figs 10 G-I, K, O

Published in: Desikachary, T.V., Krishnamurthy, V. & Balakrishnan, M.S. (1990). Rhodophyta. II. Taxonomy part. Part IIA. pp. vi + 279, 51 figs, XLII plates. Madras, India: Madras Science Foundation.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kylinia is Kylinia rosulata Rosenvinge.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Colaconema robustum (Børgesen) Huisman & Woelkerling

Basionym
Acrochaetium robustum Børgesen

Type information
Type locality: St. Thomas Harbour (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 100).

Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), strong growing, strong-growing, or stout (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
Huisman, J.M. & Woelkering, W.J. (2018). Colaconematales. In: Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of north-western Australia. 2. Red algae. (Huisman, J.M. Eds), pp. 23-28. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing.

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Verified by: 25 September 2018 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2020.