Hypnea rigens Sonder 1853

Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh

Current name: Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Hypnea rigens Sonder 1853: 684

Published in: Sonder, O.G. (1853). Plantae Muellerianae. Algae. Linnaea 25: 657-703.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hypnea is Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hypnea ramentacea (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Basionym
Chondria ramentacea C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oras novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 304) Holotype: PC; “No. 21” (Womersley 1994: 441) Notes: Womersley (1994: 441) notes that there is a fragment of the type in Herb. Agardh, LD (27514).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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