Pterosiphonia gracilis Kylin 1925

Publication Details
Pterosiphonia gracilis Kylin 1925: 72, fig. 47 A

Published in: Kylin, H. (1925). The marine red algae in the vicinity of the Biological Station at Friday Harbor, Wash. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, Ny Följd, Andra Afdelningen 21(9): 1-87, 47 figs.

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Publication date: 1925

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterosiphonia is Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Symphyocladiella gracilis (Kylin) D.Bustamante, B.Y.Won, S.C.Lindstrom & T.O.Cho.

Source of Synonymy
Bustamante, D.E., Won, B.Y., Lindstrom, S.C. & Cho, T.O. (2019). The new genus Symphyocladiella gen. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) based on S. bartlingiana comb. nov. from the Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 58(1): 9-17.

Type Information
Syntype localities: On the piles of Friday Harbor's dock, San Jauan Islands; Canoe Island, Shaw Island, Washington, USA.; (Kylin 1925: 72) Syntypes: LD?; Notes: Collector: H. Kylin (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, slender (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 May 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024

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