Rhodymenia palmata var. mollis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.M.Smith 1944

Devaleraea mollis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.W.Saunders, C.J.Jackson & Salomaki

Current name: Devaleraea mollis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.W.Saunders, C.J.Jackson & Salomaki
Northern California - 09 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Rhodymenia palmata var. mollis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.M.Smith 1944: 301

Published in: Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula California. pp. [i]-ix, [1]-622, 98 pls. Stanford & London: Stanford University Press; Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia is Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Devaleraea mollis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) G.W.Saunders, C.J.Jackson & Salomaki.

Basionym
Rhodymenia palmata f. mollis Setchell & N.L.Gardner

Type Information
Type locality: USA: Washington: Whidbey Island (48.19790, -122.69291); Type: N.L. Gardner; UC; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), lobed or divided in the manner of an outspread hand with the sinuses between the lobes pointing to the place of attachment (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 January 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 23 January 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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