Tuomeya fluviatilis Harvey 1858

Publication Details
Tuomeya fluviatilis Harvey 1858: 64

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1858). Nereis boreali-americana: or, contributions to a history of the marine Algae of North America. Part III. Chlorospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 10(2): 1-140, pls 37-50.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Tuomeya.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tuomeya americana (Kützing) Papenfuss.

Source of Synonymy
Kumano, S. (2002). Freshwater red algae of the world. pp. [i-ii], i-xiv, 1-375 [p. 375 is an Addendum], pls 1-199. Bristol: Biopress Limited.

Type Information
Type locality: Alabama; near Fredericksburg, Virgina; (INA 1996) Type: Tuomey; Bailey; [on stones, in rivers and streams]; TCD; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2012

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Nomenclatural note
In 1857, Kützing described the genus Baileya [nom illeg.] with the single species B americana. In 1858, Harvey described the same entity under the binomial Tuomia fluviatilis. Papenfuss (1958: 107) notes that Kützing's specific name americana has priority over fluviatilis< - (02 August 2012) - G.M. Guiry