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Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 
AphiaID: 145634

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Gigartinales (Order) > Cystocloniaceae (Family) > Hypnea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hypnea J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
Synonymised
taxa
  Ceramium musciforme (Wulfen) Ruchinger, 1818 (synonym)
Fucus musciformis Wulfen, 1789
Hypnea arborescens P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1865 (synonym)
Hypnea rissoana J.Agardh, 1842
Hypnophycus musciformis (Wulfen) Kützing, 1843 (synonym)
Sphaerococcus divaricatus C.Agardh, 1827
Sphaerococcus musciformis (Wulfen) C.Agardh, 1822
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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: Rabesandratana, R.N. (1996). Ecological Distribution of Seaweeds in two fringing Coral Reefs at Toliara (SW of Madagascar) [details]

additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Forma Hypnea musciformis f. horrida Hauck, 1887
Forma Hypnea musciformis f. pygmaea
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. cervicornis J.Agardh
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. esperi J.Agardh, 1851
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. fasciculata Harvey, 1834
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. foliosissima Sonder, 1848
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. hippurioides (Kützing) Weber-van Bosse, 1928
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. intricata Harvey, 1834
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. nuda Harvey, 1834
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. spinulosa Montagne & Millardet, 1862

Variety Hypnea musciformis var. cornuta Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea pannosa J.Agardh, 1847
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. divaricata (C.Agardh) Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea divaricata (C.Agardh) Greville, 1830
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. flexuosa Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea esperi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. muscoides Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea esperi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. nigra Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea esperi Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. pumila Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea spinella (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1847
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. ramulosa Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea charoides J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
Variety Hypnea musciformis var. valentiae (Turner) Harvey, 1834 accepted as Hypnea valentiae (Turner) Montagne, 1841
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Djibouti [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145634
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813. 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=145634 on 2013-05-19
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