Halimeda pygmaea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Halimedineae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Ulvophyceae Ordo: Bryopsidales Subordo: Halimedineae

Familia: Halimedaceae
Tribus: Halimedeae
Genus: Halimeda
Species: Halimeda pygmaea

Name

Halimeda pygmaea Verbruggen, D.S.Littler, & Littler, 2007: 514, fig. 1 (left), fig. 2 (top left), fig. 3 (top left), fig. 4 (left)

• Type locality: SW side of Astrolabe Reef, Fiji.
• Holotype: Hanging from rocks on deep vertical walls or north facing or shaded shallow walls of crevices and caves to 50 m deep; US; DML40143.

References

• Verbruggen, H., Littler, D.S. & Littler, M.M. 2007. Halimeda pygmaea and Halimeda pumila (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta: two new dwrarf species from fore reef slopes in Fiji and the Bahamas. Phycologia 46(5): 513–520. DOI: 10.2216/07-01.1 [1] Reference page.