Hymenoclonium serpens (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Batters 1895
Publication Details
Hymenoclonium serpens (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Batters 1895: 319, 320, figs 30, 31
Published in: Batters, E.A.L. (1895). On some new British marine algae. Annals of Botany 9: 307-321, Plate 11 (2 pages).
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Hymenoclonium.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bonnemaisonia asparagoides (Woodward) C.Agardh.
Basionym
Callithamnion serpens P.Crouan & H.Crouan
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 July 2011
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Taxonomic note
Hymenoclonium serpens phases are known in the life histories of several algae. The inclusion in Bonnemaisonia asparagoides is arbitrary (Guiry, pers. comm.). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2025