Pachymenia cornea (Kützing) Chiang 1970

Current name: Pachymenia cornea (Kützing) Chiang
Falae Bay, South Africa; with Caulerpa holmesiana - 01 January 0001. Robert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za)

Publication Details
Pachymenia cornea (Kützing) Chiang 1970: 22, fig. 8

Published in: Chiang, Y.M. (1970). Morphological studies of red algae of the family Cryptonemiaceae. University of California Publications in Botany 58: [i]-vi , 1-95, incl. 10 pls, 34 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pachymenia is Pachymenia carnosa (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Iridaea cornea Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Cape Agulhas, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 202)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 June 2010

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Taxonomic note
According to Schmitz (1896: 13-14), the name Iridaea carnosa has been misapplied to this species by Hohenacker (1854: no. 175; Hohenacker (1860: no. 372 (in part; see also Pachymenia carnosa); the name Pachymenia carnosa has been misapplied to this species by Barton (1893: 139 (Cape Agulhas records, in part; see also Pachymenia carnosa)) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 June 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2025