Polysiphonia parasitica (Hudson) Greville 1824

Publication Details
Polysiphonia parasitica (Hudson) Greville 1824: 309

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1824). Flora edinensis: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh, arranged according to the Linnean system, with a concise introduction to the natural orders of the class Cryptogamia, and illustrated plates. pp. i-lxxxi, 1-478. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London.

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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 Deltalsia parasitica (Hudson) Díaz-Tapia & Rodríguez-Buján.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., Rodríguez-Buján, I., Maggs, C.A. & Verbruggen, H. (2022 '2023'). Phylogenomic analysis of pseudocryptic diversity reveals the new genus Deltalsia (Rhodomelaceae), Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 264-276.

Basionym
Conferva parasitica Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in fucis in littore Eboracenti" [Yorkshire, England]; (Hudson 1762: 486) Neotype: Frankland; BM [BM-K]; Herb. Lightfoot (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 374) Notes: Scarborough, Yorkshire according to Maggs & Hommersand (1993). BM000807112 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993 fide Díaz-Tapia et al. 2022).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), parasitic (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 February 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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