Pterosiphonia hamata E.S.Sinova 1940

Publication Details
Pterosiphonia hamata E.S.Sinova 1940: 222, figs 9, 10

Published in: Sinova, E.S. (1940). Morskiye vodorosli Komandorskikh ostrovov [The seaweeds of the Commander Islands]. Trudy Tikhookeanskogo Komiteta 5: 165-243, 11 figures. [in Russian with English summary]

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Publication date: 1940

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 Savoiea hamata (E.S.Sinova) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2018). The status of Polyostea Ruprecht (1850) and the proposal of Savoiea gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 69: 1-4.

Type Information
Type locality: Bering Island, Whale Bay, Cape North; (Sinova 1940: 224) Notes: Syntypes: LE A0000058-73.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 November 2019

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Taxonomic note
Pterosiphonia arctica sensu Setchell & Gardner (1903), fid. Wynne (1985). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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