Rhodymenia erythraea Zanardini 1858
Publication details
Rhodymenia erythraea Zanardini 1858: 276
Published in: Zanardini, J.[=G.] (1858 '1857'). Plantarum in mari Rubro hucusque collectarum enumerato (juvante A. Figari). Memoirie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 7: 209-309, pls III-XIV.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia is Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type information
Type locality: Hodeida, Yemen (Silva & al. 1996: 369).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Distributional notes
Reported from Alexandria in Egypt (Aleem 1948) as a migrant through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, but there have been no further reports (Verlaque et al. 2015: 229). - (5 Nov 2015) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Key references
Aleem, A.A. (1948). The recent migration of certain Indo-Pacific algae from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean. New Phytologist 47: 88-94, 1 fig., 2 pls.
Verlaque, M., Ruitton, S., Mineur, F. & Boudouresque, C.-F. (2015). CIESM atlas of exotic species of the Mediterranean. Macrophytes. pp. [1]-362, many photographs and maps. Monaco: CIESM Publishers.
Created: 21 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 05 November 2015 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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