Polysiphonia senticulosa Harvey 1862
Publication Details
Polysiphonia senticulosa Harvey 1862: 169
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1862). Notice of a collection of algae made on the northwest coast of North America, chiefly at Vancouver Island, by David Lyall, Esq., M.D., R.N., in the years 1859-1861. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Botany 6: 157-177.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Orcas Island, Dr. Lyall." [Orcas Island, Washington, U.S.A.]; (Harvey 1862: 169) Holotype: Lyall; BM; (Womersley 2003: 180) Notes: Type in BM-K (Yoshida 1998: 1071).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024
