Polysiphonia filamentosa (Wulfen) Sprengel 1827
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Current name:
Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey
microscope, Frioul, Marseille, France, 2011Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia filamentosa (Wulfen) Sprengel 1827: 349
Published in: Sprengel, K.[P.J.] (1827). Systema vegetabilium Editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars I. Classis 24. Vol. 4 pp. [i]-iv, [1]-592. Gottingae [Göttingen]: sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae.
Type 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 Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey.
Basionym
Fucus filamentosus Wulfen
Type Information
Type locality: "Supra submarina Adriatici corpora." [Adriatic Sea]; (Wulfen 1803: 64) Type: Vienna?; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 136)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), filamentous (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 June 2024