Polysiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1840
Current name:
Herposiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Ambronn
Hawaii; showing arrangement of determinate and indeterminate braches; scale 100 µm - 15 August 2011. J.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Polysiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1840: 203
Published in: Zanardini, G. (1840). Sopra le alghe del mare Adriatico. Lettera seconda di Giovanni Zanardini, medico fisico in Venezia, alla Direzione della Biblioteca Italiana. Biblioteca Italiana 99: 195-229.
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 Herposiphonia secunda (C.Agardh) Ambronn.
Source of Synonymy
Ambronn, H. (1880). Über einige Fälle von Bilateralität bei den Florideen. Botanische Zeitung 38: 161-174, 177-185, 193-200, 209-216, 225-233, Plates III, IV.
Basionym
Hutchinsia secunda C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "In mari Mediterraneo." [Mediterranean Sea]; (Agardh 1824: 149) Holotype: LD?; (Huisman 2018: 519)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), next, following, second, having leaves or other features turned towards the same side (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 October 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
