Platymenia apoda J.Agardh 1848
Publication Details
Platymenia apoda J.Agardh 1848: 47
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Platymenia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Schizymenia apoda (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Information
Type locality: Table Bay, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 322)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 May 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 May 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
