Kallymenia cribrosa Harvey 1855
Current name: Leiomenia cribrosa (Harvey) Huisman & G.W.Saunders
Publication Details
Kallymenia cribrosa Harvey 1855: 555
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Kallymenia is Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Leiomenia cribrosa (Harvey) Huisman & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W., Huisman, J.M., Vergés, A., Kraft, G.T. & Le Gall, L. (2017). Phylogenetic analyses support recognition of ten new genera, ten new species and 16 new combinations in the family Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 38(2): 79-132, 126 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Womersley & Norris 1971: 5) Lectotype: TCD; 0011789 (Saunders & al. 2017: 113) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Womersley & R.Norris (1971: 5) (Silva et al., 1996).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), sieve-like, profusely perforated, with numerous small holes (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
In depths of 3-40 m on moderate to rough-water coasts (Womersley 1994: 233).
Created: 31 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 December 2017
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Nomenclatural note
"Womersley & Norris (1971, p. 5) designated a Fremantle specimen 'Herb. Harvey TCD' as lectotype and noted that the specimen was labeled 'original'. The lectotype (TCD 0011789) bears this label and also the annotation 'TYPE (HBSW)' (=Womersley). A second specimen in TCD (TCD 0015030) from Harvey's Travelling Set (#274) is also from Fremantle ('Beach') and is labeled Kallymenia cribrosa in Harvey's hand. This is presumably the specimen Harvey had to hand when describing the species, which was done 'at sea' when Harvey only had access to his Travelling Set specimens (see Parnell et al., 2010, p. 122)." (Saunders et al. 2017: 113). - (28 June 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025
