Polysiphonia arctica J.Agardh 1863
Publication Details
Polysiphonia arctica J.Agardh 1863: 1034
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
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 Savoiea arctica (J.Agardh) 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.
Type Information
Type locality: Spetsbergen; (INA 1996) Type: "Vahl & Exp. Torell"; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of or pertaining to the Arctic (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 November 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 December 2024
