Polysiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kützing 1843
Current name:
Vertebrata reptabunda (Suhr) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Spain, Galicia, Lugo, San Ciprián, 2004; tetrasporangiaIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kützing 1843: 417
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
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 Vertebrata reptabunda (Suhr) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
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
Hutchinsia reptabunda Suhr
Type Information
Type locality: Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France; (Silva & al. 1996: 526)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, crawling (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 October 2019
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 October 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 December 2024
