Neosiphonia harveyi (Bailey) M.-S.Kim, H.-G.Choi, Guiry & G.W.Saunders 2001

Current name: Melanothamnus harveyi (Bailey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Ría de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2010Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Neosiphonia harveyi (Bailey) M.-S.Kim, H.-G.Choi, Guiry & G.W.Saunders 2001: 1474

Published in: Choi, H.-G., Kim, M.-S., Guiry, M.D. & Saunders, G.W. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships of Polysiphonia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) and its relatives based on anatomical and nuclear small-subunit rDNA sequence data. Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 1465-1476.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neosiphonia is Neosiphonia flavimarina M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus harveyi (Bailey) 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
Polysiphonia harveyi Bailey

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Stonington, Connecticut, USA; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 343) Lectotype: Bailey; July 1847; TCD; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 343) Notes: Co-types: BM-K. Lectotype: TCD 12810 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017: table 4)

Eponomy
Named for William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), Irish botanist.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 February 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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Distributional note
This species was introduced accidentally, probably via oysters from Japan and on multiple occasions, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 207), being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) in 1958. It shows invasive dynamics. - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025