Himanthalia

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱμάς (himás) + ἅλς (háls)^[1] + -ia.

Proper noun

Himanthalia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Himanthaliaceae – thongweed, a brown alga.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Heterokonta – superphylum; Ochrophyta – phylum; Phaeophyceae – class; Fucophycidae – subclass; Fucales – order; Himanthaliaceae – family

Hyponyms

(genus): Himanthalia elongata - sole species

References

Himanthalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Himanthalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Himanthalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

^ Hans Christian Lyngbye (1819) “Himanthalia”, in Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae; […], Copenhagen: […] Schultzianis, […], footnote, page 36: “Ex ἱμάς, άντος, lorum, et ἅλς.”