Polysiphonia lanosa (Linnaeus) Tandy 1931

Publication Details
Polysiphonia lanosa (Linnaeus) Tandy 1931: 226

Published in: Tandy, G. (1931). Notes on phycological nomenclature. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 69: 225-227.

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 Vertebrata lanosa (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen.

Source of Synonymy
Christensen, T. (1967). Two new families and some new names and combinations in the algae. Blumea 15(1): 91-94.

Basionym
Fucus lanosus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: ‘In Oceano Islandico’ (Iceland); Holotype: LINN; 1274.23 (Díaz-Tapia & al. 2017)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Cartilaginous, cylindrical, densely tufted, dark brown fronds, to 75 mm long, attached by creeping rhizoids with branches penetrating host plant. Repeatedly pseudodichotomously branched, apices pointed, widely forked. Large central siphon with 12-24 pericentral siphons, ecorticate, articulations shorter than broad.

Habitat
Hemiparasitic on Ascophyllum nodosum, more rarely on Fucus vesiculosus, never directly on rock (appearances can be deceptive) sheltered mid-tidal, generally distributed, usually abundant where Ascophyllum occurs.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 August 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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