Polysiphonia polyphysa Kützing 1863
Publication Details
Polysiphonia polyphysa Kützing 1863: 20
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1863). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. XIII. pp. [i-iii], 1-31, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
Request PDFPublication date: March, 1863
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 polyphysus (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.
Type Information
Type locality: New Caledonia; (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 545) Holotype: Vieillard # 89c; L; 941,253-167 (barcode L 0056094) (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 545) Notes: Holotype: L 4082747 (Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 May 2017
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025
