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Halymenia
Halymenia floresii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Halymeniales
Family: Halymeniaceae
Genus: Halymenia
C.Agardh

Halymenia a genus of a macroscopic red algae that grows in oceans worldwide.[1]

Species have been found in cold temperate areas but the highest diversity is found in warm temperate and tropical regions. For example, 41 names have been reported for the Indo-Pacific (Guiry & Guiry, 2011). Silva et al. (1996) listed 22 names (including two varieties) for the Indian Ocean.[2]

Species

It includes the following species:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Halymenia C.Agardh, 1817". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ Hernández-Kantún, Jazmín J.; Sherwood, Alison R.; Riosmena-Rodriguez, Rafael; Huisman, John M.; De Clerck, Olivier (7 June 2012). "Branched Halymenia species (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Indo-Pacific region, including descriptions of Halymenia hawaiiana sp. nov. and H. tondoana sp. nov". European Journal of Phycology. 47 (4): 421–432. doi:10.1080/09670262.2012.733734.
  3. ^ Michael D. Guiry (2015). Guiry MD, Guiry GM (eds.). "Halymenia C.Agardh, 1817". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 February 2016.