Polysiphonia sparsa (Setchell) Hollenberg 1968
Publication Details
Polysiphonia sparsa (Setchell) Hollenberg 1968: 87, figs. 5D, 23, 40
Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. (1968). An account of the species of Polysiphonia of the central and western tropical Pacific Ocean. I. Oligosiphonia. Pacific Science 22: 56-98, 43 figs.
Request PDFType 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 sparsus (Setchell) 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
Lophosiphonia sparsa Setchell
Type Information
Type locality: Arue Reef, Tahiti; Holotype: W. A. Setchell & H. E. Parks; 27 Jun. 1922; epiphytic on Dictyosphaeria versluysii; UC; 261144 Notes: Tahiti: Arue Reef, on Dictyosphaeria australis 5224c (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), sparse, scattered (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 June 1999 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 30 November 2024
