Halimeda tuna

Halimeda tuna

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 tuna

Name

Halimeda tuna (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816: 309

• Type locality: Mediterranean Sea.

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Corallina tuna J.Ellis & Solander, 1786: 111, pl. 20: fig. e
• Homotypic
• Halimeda tuna var. typica E.S.Barton, 1901, nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
• Halimeda platydisca Decaisne, 1842
• Halimeda tuna var. albertisii Piccone, 1883
• Halimeda tuna f. albertisii (Piccone) De Toni, 1889
• Halimeda tuna f. platydisca (Decaisne) E.S.Barton, 1901

References

• Lamouroux, J.V.F. 1816. Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. Imprimerie de F. Poisson: Caen. i–lxxxiv, 1–560 pp., pls I–XIX. BHL Reference page. 
• Ellis, J. & Solander, D. 1786. The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis... Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. B. White & Son: London. xii + 208 pp., 63 plates. BHL Reference page. 

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