| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), velvety, densely covered with short soft erect hairs (Stearn 1973). |
| References |
Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. Russell, G. & Wareing, A.-M. (1979). The Herponema velutinum-Himanthalia elongata coincidence. British Phycological Journal 14: 128. |
| Type information: |
Type species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Herponema. Basionym
Sphacelaria velutina Greville |
