Polysiphonia opaca var. tripinnata (J.Agardh) Ardissone 1883
Current name:
Vertebrata tripinnata (Harvey) Kuntze
North of Galicia, Spain, 201Ignacio Barbara
Publication Details
Polysiphonia opaca var. tripinnata (J.Agardh) Ardissone 1883: 389
Published in: Ardissone, F. (1883). Phycologia mediterranea. Parte prima, Floridee. Memorie della Società Crittogamologica Italiana 1: [i]-x, [1]-516 + erratum slip.
Request PDFType 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 Vertebrata tripinnata (Harvey) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Basionym
Polysiphonia tripinnata J.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: In mari Adriatico ad Tergestum (Trieste, Italy); (Agardh 1842: 142) Lectotype (tetrasporangial): Biasoletto; LD; sheet number 40938 of J. Agardh's herbarium (Diaz-Tapia et al. 2013: 152, fig. 1)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), darkened, dull, not shining, opaque (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
