Polysiphonia schneideri Stuercke & Freshwater 2010

Publication Details
Polysiphonia schneideri Stuercke & Freshwater 2010: 302, figs 1-11

Published in: Stuercke, B. & Freshwater ,D. W. (2010). Two new species of Polysiphonia (Ceramiales, Florideophyceae) from the western Atlantic. Botanica Marina 53(4): 301-311.

Publication date: 2010

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kapraunia schneideri (Stuercke & Freshwater) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.

Source of Synonymy
Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2018 '2019'). A molecular assessment of species diversity and generic boundaries in the red algal tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Canada. European Journal of Phycology 54(1): 1-25.

Type Information
Holotype locality: Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA (34º12.069' N, 077º49.120'W); (Stuercke & Freshwater 2010: 302) Holotype (fig. 1): D.F. Kapraun; 30 November 1973; growing on floating dock; MICH; [=WNC-8782] (Stuercke & Freshwater 2010: 302) Notes: Holotype: 3 specimens (male, female and tetrasporophyte) mounted on sheet. Isotypes: WNC (WNC-8783).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 April 2011 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 April 2020

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Distributional notes
Delnatte & Wynne (2016) note: "According to Stuerke & Freshwater (2008) collections in the Western Atlantic going under the name Polysiphonia denudata do not correspond to that European-based species. In a later paper, Stuercke & Freshwater (2010) described the new species P. schneideri (with a type locality of Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA) for material that had been previously mis-identified as P. denudata (Rodríguez-Prieto et al. 1999)." - (20 October 2016) - M.D. Guiry
Cool-temperate through tropical western Atlantic including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea (Stuerck & Freshwater 2010). - (28 April 2011) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Sublittoral (34-36 m depth); lower eulittoral; subtidal on rocks; floating docks; floating catwalk; intertidal mud bank; epiphytic on Udotea occidentalis (Stuercke & Freshwater 2010). - (28 April 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025

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