Polysiphonia morrowii Harvey 1857
Current name:
Polysiphonia morrowii Harvey
France, Mediterranean, Salses, 2011 - 24 October 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia morrowii Harvey 1857: 331
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1857 '1856'). Algae. In: Account of the Botanical specimens. (Gray, A., ed) Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy. Volume II - with illustrations. (Anon. Eds), pp. 331-332. Washington: Senate of the Thirty-third Congress, Second Session, Executive Document. House of Representatives.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: Hakodate; (Masuda & al. 1995: 199) Lectotype: Dr J. Morrow; May 1854; TCD; (Masuda & al. 1995: 199, fig. 29)
Eponomy
Named for the collector, Dr. James Morrow.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 April 2024
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Nomenclatural note
This species was introduced accidentally, probably via oysters from Japan or Korea, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 213), being first found in the Etang de Thau (France) in 1997. - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Has been reported growing on a wide variety of substrata, including rocks, wooden piles, ropes, mussels, crabs and tunicates (D'Archino et al. 2013). - (18 April 2013) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2025
