Pterosiphonia bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) Falkenberg 1901

Publication Details
Pterosiphonia bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) Falkenberg 1901: 273

Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterosiphonia is Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Savoiea bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2018). The status of Polyostea Ruprecht (1850) and the proposal of Savoiea gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 69: 1-4.

Basionym
Polysiphonia bipinnata Postels & Ruprecht

Type Information
Type locality: Kamchatka, Russia; Type: LE; (Yoshida 1998: 1075) Notes: Russia: "in saxis ad littora Kamtschatica" (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twice-pinnate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024

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