Cryptonemia hibernica Guiry & L.M.Irvine 1974

Current name: Cryptonemia hibernica Guiry & L.M.Irvine
White Point, Cork Harbour, Ireland; droft - 11 December 2016. M.D. Guiry

Publication Details
Cryptonemia hibernica Guiry & L.M.Irvine 1974: 225, figs 2-14

Published in: Guiry, M.D. & Irvine, L.M. (1974). A species of Cryptonemia new to Europe. British Phycological Journal 9: 225-237.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptonemia is Cryptonemia lactuca J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Camden, at the mouth of Cork Harbour, Ireland; (Guiry & Irvine 1974: 225) Holotype: M.D. Guiry; 22.xi.1971; drift, on small stones; BM; (Guiry & Irvine 1974: 225) Notes: Isotypes in GALW.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Ireland (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 February 2017

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Taxonomic note
Gabrielson, Widdowson & Lindstrom (2004: 130, footnote) remark that in C. obovata, C. borealis and C. angustata from the Pacific coast of North America the "...characters used to distinguish amongst these species appears insufficient to us and need further investigation. If only one species is recognised, C. obovata is the oldest validly published name". Is it certain that C. hibernica Guiry & L.M. Irvine should also be included in this complex. - (21 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025