Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J.Agardh 1851

Current name: Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J.Agardh
Hawaii; scale is 5 mm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J.Agardh 1851: 502

Published in: 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 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Publication date: Jan-Jun

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Peyssonnelia is Peyssonnelia squamaria (S.G.Gmelin) Decaisne ex J.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Zonaria rubra Greville

Type Information
Type locality: Ionian Islands, Greece; (Greville 1827: 340) Type: E?;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), red (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 June 2021

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Taxonomic note
Taylor (1945) cites his record as Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) J. Agardh, prox. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 June 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025