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Colpomenia (Endlicher) Derbès & Solier, 1851 
AphiaID: 144253

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Phaeista (Subphylum) > Limnista (Infraphylum) > Fucistia (Superclass) > Phaeophyceae (Class) > Scytosiphonales (Order) > Scytosiphonaceae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier, 1851
Parent Scytosiphonaceae Farlow, 1881
Sources  basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details]

additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Colpomenia bullosa (D.A.Saunders) Yamada, 1948
Species Colpomenia claytoniae S.M.Boo, K.M.Lee, G.Y.Cho & W.Nelson, 2011
Species Colpomenia durvillei (Bory de Saint-Vincent) M.E.Ramírez, 1991
Species Colpomenia ecuticulata M.J.Parsons, 1982
Species Colpomenia expansa (De A.Saunders) Y.-P.Lee, 2008
Species Colpomenia mollis W.R.Taylor, 1945
Species Colpomenia nainativensis Durairatnam, 1962
Species Colpomenia peregrina Sauvageau, 1927
Species Colpomenia phaeodactyla M.J.Wynne & J.N.Norris, 1976
Species Colpomenia ramosa W.R.Taylor, 1945
Species Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier, 1851
Species Colpomenia tuberculata De A.Saunders, 1898

Species Colpomenia capensis Levring, 1938 accepted as Iyengaria stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen, 1939
Species Colpomenia peregrina (Sauvageau) Hamel, 1937 accepted as Colpomenia sinuosa var. peregrina Sauvageau, 1927 accepted as Colpomenia peregrina Sauvageau, 1927
Species Colpomenia stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen, 1930 accepted as Iyengaria stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen, 1939
Environment marine
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Image 
Colpomenia sinuosa
[image from typetaxon]
Colpomenia sinuosa
added on 2012-02-15 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144253
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Colpomenia (Endlicher) Derbès & Solier, 1851. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144253 on 2013-06-19
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