Halymenia speciosa Zanardini 1874
Publication details
Halymenia speciosa Zanardini 1874: 504 (as 'Halymenia ? speciosa' )
Published in: Zanardini, G. (1874). Phyceae australicae novae vel minus cognitae. Flora 57: 486-490, 497-505.
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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 Gelinaria ulvoidea Sonder
Type information
Type locality: "Hab. Georgetown Tasmaniae - (Miss Goodwin.)" [Georgetown, Tasmania] (Zanardini 1874: 504). Holotype: Goodwin; MCVE (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 208).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), showy, splendid (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Womersley, H.B.S. & Lewis, J.A. (1994). Family Halymeniaceae Bory 1828: 158. In: The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part IIIA. Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 167-218. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
Created: 15 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry
Verified by: 28 November 2017 by M.D. Guiry
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