| Halymenia | |
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| Halymenia floresii | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ "Halymenia C.Agardh, 1817". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ 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. hdl:10379/11918.