Polysiphonia spinifera Kützing 1843
Publication Details
Polysiphonia spinifera Kützing 1843: 416
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
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 Symphyocladiella spinifera (Kützing) D.Bustamante, B.Y.Won, S.C.Lindstrom & T.O.Cho.
Source of Synonymy
Bustamante, D.E., Won, B.Y., Lindstrom, S.C. & Cho, T.O. (2019). The new genus Symphyocladiella gen. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) based on S. bartlingiana comb. nov. from the Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 58(1): 9-17.
Type Information
Type locality: Peru; (Kützing 1843: 416) Type: Hayn; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spine-bearing (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 May 2019
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
