Hypnea valentiae (Turner) Montagne 1841

Publication Details
Hypnea valentiae (Turner) Montagne 1841: 161

Published in: Montagne, C. (1841). Familia III. Phyceae. Fries. In: Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome Troisème. Duexième Partie. Phytographia canariensis. Section ultima. Plantae cellulares. DC.. (Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. Eds) Vol. 3, pp. 132-198 [Index 195-208]. Paris: Béthune, Éditeur, rue de Vaugirard, 36.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hypnea is Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Basionym
Fucus valentiae Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Red Sea; (Dawson 1961: 239) Type: Lord Valentia; BM (ex K); (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 23)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Yamagishi & Masuda (1997: 140, 141) note that among plants growing in Japan, no clear-cut differences between H. charoides and H. valentiae are found and that the specimen of H. valentiae shown by Dawson (1954: 436, fig. 47) is similar to the typical form of H. charoides found in Japan. They treat these as a H. charoides-valentiae complex.

Habitat
Occurs in sheltered localities but usually where there is current flow, e.g. on the sides of channels (Womersley 1994: 445).

Created: 08 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 March 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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