Pterosiphonia pennata (C.Agardh) Sauvageau 1897

Current name: Xiphosiphonia pennata (C.Agardh) Savoie & G.W.Saunders
microscope, Malmousque, Marseille, France, 2011Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Pterosiphonia pennata (C.Agardh) Sauvageau 1897: 287

Published in: Sauvageau, C. (1897). Note préliminaire sur les algues marines du golfe de Gascogne. Journal de Botanique, Morot 11: 166-179, 202-214, 252-257, 263-288, 301-311, 6 figs.

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 Xiphosiphonia pennata (C.Agardh) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.

Source of Synonymy
Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2016). A molecular phylogenetic and DNA barcode assessment of the tribe Pterosiphonieae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) emphasizing the Northeast Pacific. Botany 94: 917-939, 8 figs.

Basionym
Hutchinsia pennata C.Agardh

Type Information
Syntype localities: "In mari Mediterraneo. — In mari Atlantica ad Gades." [Mediterranean, Atlantic at Cadíz]; (Agardh 1824: 124) Lectotype: LD; Herb. Alg. Agardh 39271 (Womersley 2003: 340) Notes: Lectotype selected from Mediterranean?

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Forms mats or turfs close to low tide level under moderate wave action, rarely in deep water (Womersley 2003: 340).

Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 December 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Maggs & Hommersand (1993) and Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara (2013) cite the authority as (C. Agardh) Falkenberg (1901: 263) but Diaz-Tapia et al. (2011) cite (C. Agardh) Sauvageau. - (27 January 2014) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Reported by Lawson et al. (1995) as P. pennata (C. Agardh) Falkenberg and by Feldmann (1942) as P. pennata (Roth) Falkenberg. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
mid intertidal to upper subtidal; moderately to extremely wave-exposed sites; sometimes mixed with Ophidocladus simpliciusculus, P. ardreana (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013). - (27 January 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025