Polysiphonia collabens (C.Agardh) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Melanothamnus collabens (C.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
microscope, developing tetrasporangia; Spain, Galicia, Lugo, Peinzás, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia collabens (C.Agardh) Kützing 1849: 822
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 23-24 July 1849
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 Melanothamnus collabens (C.Agardh) 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
Hutchinsia collabens C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Cádiz, Spain; (Díaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013: 413) Syntype: LD, Agardh herbarium; 40885-40887, 40890-40898 (Díaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013: 406)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), collapsing (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 June 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 28 September 2024