Neosiphonia tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee 1999

Publication Details
Neosiphonia tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee 1999: 280

Published in: Kim, M.-S. & Lee, I.K. (1999). Neosiphonia flavimarina gen. et sp. nov. with a taxonomic reassessment of the genus Polysiphonia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 47(4): 271-281, 38 figures.

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Publication date: December 1999

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 tongatensis (Harvey ex 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 tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Tonga ("Friendly Islands"); (Silva & al. 1996: 543) Type: W.H. Harvey; L; Notes: Holotype: L 4083619 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017). Isotype: TCD (Kim & Lee, 1999: 280). "Friendly Island". Harvey (Kützing, 1864: 14).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 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 11 December 2024

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