Polysiphonia rufolanosa Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Polysiphonia rufolanosa Harvey 1855: 540

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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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 Asparagopsis armata Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
Bonin, D.R. & Hawkes, M.W. (1987). Systematics and life histories of New Zealand Bonnemaisoniaceae (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta): I. The genus Asparagopsis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 577-590.

Type Information
Type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 182) Holotype: TCD;

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 May 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 May 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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