Epymenia halymenioides J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Epymenia halymenioides J.Agardh 1876: 694, no fig. (as 'Epymenia? halymenioides')
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epymenia is Epymenia obtusa (Greville) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halopeltis cuneata (Harvey) G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W. & McDonald, B. (2010). DNA barcoding reveals multiple overlooked Australian species of the red algal order Rhodymeniales (Florideophyceae), with resurrection of Halopeltis J. Agardh and description of Pseudohalopeltis gen. nov. Botany 88: 639-667, 73 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad Orford Tasmaniae D:na Meredith!" [Orford, Tasmania, Australia]; (Womersley 1996: 84) Holotype: Meredith; LD; Herb. Agardh 27057 (Womersley 1996: 84)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 May 2001 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2023
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
