Neosiphonia polyphysa (Kützing) Skelton & G.R.South 2007
Publication Details
Neosiphonia polyphysa (Kützing) Skelton & G.R.South 2007: 188, figs 511-518
Published in: Skelton, P.A. & South, G.R. (2007). The benthic marine algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with emphasis on the Apia District. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 132: 1-350.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neosiphonia is Neosiphonia flavimarina M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus polyphysus (Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Basionym
Polysiphonia polyphysa Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: New Caledonia; (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 545) Holotype: Vieillard # 89c; L; 941,253-167 (barcode L 0056094) (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 545) Notes: Holotype: L 4082747 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 May 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 September 2024