Polysiphonia howei Hollenberg 1945
Current name:
Wilsonosiphonia howei (Hollenberg) D.Bustamante, Won & T.O.Cho
recolectada en la zona Los Colorados, sobre rocas asociadas al manglar. Detalle de las ramas y tetrasporangios. Foto: Ángel Moreira.
Publication Details
Polysiphonia howei Hollenberg 1945: 302, fig. 3
Published in: Taylor, W.R. (1945). Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12: i-iv, 1-528, 3 figs, 100 pls.
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 Wilsonosiphonia howei (Hollenberg) D.Bustamante, Won & T.O.Cho.
Source of Synonymy
Bustamante, D.E., Won, B.Y., Miller, K.A. & Cho, T.O. (2017). Wilsonosiphonia gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morpho-anatomical characters. Journal of Phycology 53(2): 368–380, 7 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Whale Cay, Berry Island, Bahamas; (Taylor 1945: 302) Type: M.A. Howe 3478; 29 January 1905; NYBG; NY00900620 (Bustamante & al. 2017: 371)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 June 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
