Euhymenia dichotoma Kützing 1847
Publication Details
Euhymenia dichotoma Kützing 1847: 776, no fig.
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1847). Diagnosen einiger neuen ausländischen Algenspecies, welche sich in der Sammlung des Herrn Kammerdirectors Klenze in Laubach befinden. Flora 30: 773-776, no figs.
Request PDFPublication date: "28. December [1847]"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euhymenia is Euhymenia reniformis (Turner) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Galaxaura diesingiana Zanardini.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oras natalensem Africae australis legit Gueinzius" [Port Natal (Durban), South Africa]; (Kützing 1847: 776)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 April 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 07 July 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 July 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
