Kallymenia ornata (Postels & Ruprecht) J.Agardh 1851

Publication Details
Kallymenia ornata (Postels & Ruprecht) J.Agardh 1851: 290

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Kallymenia is Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Opuntiella ornata (Postels & Ruprecht) A.D.Zinova.

Basionym
Iridaea ornata Postels & Ruprecht

Type Information
Ad Kamtschatka lapidibus et conchis affixa; (Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 17)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), furnished, equipped, embellished, adorned (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 May 2012

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 May 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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