Halymenia
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| Halymenia | |
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| Halymenia floresii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
