Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Rhodymeniales > Family Lomentariaceae

Lomentaria Lyngbye, 1819

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hooperia*	J.Agardh, 1896	synonym

Children

Hooperia divaricata (Durant) M.J.Wynne, C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders, 2019
Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye, 1819
Lomentaria chylocladiella Funk, 1955
Lomentaria clavellosa (Lightfoot ex Turner) Gaillon, 1828
Lomentaria claviformis Ercegovic, 1956
Lomentaria compressa (Kützing) Kylin, 1931
Lomentaria ercegovicii Verlaque, Boudouresque, Meinesz, Giraud & Marcot Coqueugniot, 1977
Lomentaria firma (J.Agardh) Falkenberg, 1879
Lomentaria hakodatensis Yendo, 1920
Lomentaria jabukae Ercegovic, 1956
Lomentaria orcadensis (Harvey) Collins, 1937
Lomentaria subdichotoma Ercegovic, 1956
Lomentaria uncinata Meneghini, 1840
Lomentaria verticillata Funk, 1955

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フシツナギ属

Literature

original description	Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen Hydrophytologiae Danicae Continens omnia Hydrophyta Cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, Systematice Disposita, Descripta et iconibus illustrata, Adjectis Simul Speciebus Norvegicis. Hafniae., 248 pp., 70 pls.
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
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Lomentaria Lyngbye, 1819. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144245